Wii delight for young patients

The phrase “on the first day of Christmas, my doctor gave to me, a donated Wii console” may not have the same ring to it as the traditional holiday carol.

But the line-change is unlikely to bother children treated at Mercy University Hospital in Cork City who, over the coming weeks, will benefit from some well-deserved Christmas cheer.

As part of the Mercy Foundation charity wing, grateful former patients donated €5,000 to the hospital earlier this year to help improve the facilities in the paediatrics unit and other child services.