‘Good day for Cork’ as funding secured for 20 hospice beds

Funding has finally been secured to open 20 beds at a Cork hospice which have lain idle since the facility opened 18 months ago.

The HSE South yesterday said that in collaboration with St Patrick’s Hospital and Marymount Hospice, it would be able to increase the number of palliative care beds at the Curraheen facility to 44.

Up to now the beds could not be made operational due to lack of funding. They will be opened on a phased basis throughout this year.