Seven-day urgent care centre will focus on minor injuries

A new urgent care treatment centre will open in Cork today which will deal with minor injuries such as scalds and broken bones.

The Mercy Urgent Care Centre will be based at the former St Mary’s Orthopaedic Hospital in Gurranabraher and will treat patients over the age of 10.

The centre, which will open seven days a week from 8am to 6pm, will be equipped with X-ray machines and staff will be able to apply plaster casts.