Planned paediatrics ward reliant on funding

Children’s charities across Cork are counting on HSE capital funding early next year to allow for the construction of a two-storey extension above the existing children’s ward at Cork University Hospital.

The revamped children’s unit will see medical and surgical services currently at Mercy University Hospital (MUH) transfer to Cork University Hospital (CUH).

The project received planning permission about six weeks ago and was been welcomed by cystic fibrosis (CF) fundraising charity, Build4Life and the Cork Leukaemia Association.