Emergency hospital on outskirts of city needed

HSE chiefs in the South of the country may have to consider building an emergency hospital on the outskirts of Cork City, according to one of Cork University Hospital’s (CUH) leading doctors.

The former chair of the National Cancer Forum, professor of surgery Paul Redmond, said sustained construction at CUH over the past decade meant space was at a premium at the hospital.

And, in time, he said, the HSE would have to consider developing an emergency hospital, which would also deal with emergency surgery.