HSE chiefs face probe on absence of helipad

HSE chiefs are set to be grilled over their failure to build a helipad at Cork University Hospital — just weeks after the issue gained fresh notoriety due to a child drowning.

Today’s HSE South regional health forum will see the concern formally raised by at least three politicians, including Cork City’s lord mayor, all of whom will call for the service to be established immediately.

Despite the fact CUH is the only level-one trauma centre in the country and covers a large urban and rural area, the hospital has been without a helipad allowing air ambulances to land for over a decade.