Hospital apologises over repair works noise

A BUSY city hospital apologised last night after a man claimed a doctor advised patients to buy ear plugs while loud drilling took place over a busy ward.

Hospital visitor Máirtín de Cogáin described as “horrific” the situation he experienced after going to see a frail and elderly relative at the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital (SIVUH) in Cork this week.

He heard loud jack hammers while visiting the woman, who is in her 80s, in a six-bed ward on Monday.