€200k mortuary revamp to enhance dignity of patients and bereaved

The mortuary at a busy city hospital has undergone a €200,000 revamp to enhance the dignity for deceased patients and their grieving families.

The facility at Cork’s Mercy University Hospital, which was officially opened yesterday, has two viewing areas which will allow relatives spend time with their loved ones in a peaceful sanctuary away from the rest of the hospital activities.

The bereaved families of the estimated 300 people who die at the Mercy every year will have a special sheltered space for reflection, with a bench, a water fountain, and shrubbery outside the mortuary building.