Rising damp at €16.4m hospital forces floor repairs

THE floors of a new hospital, opened last year at a cost of €16.4 million, have been dug up because of major problems with rising damp.

The HSE South has confirmed extensive repairs are currently being carried out at Dingle Community Hospital in Co Kerry, less than a year after the facility was officially opened.

A number of elderly patients had to be moved to other areas within the hospital while repair work continues in their wards.