Reilly urged to intervene in row over CF beds

The minister for health has been asked to intervene in an ongoing row over bed allocation for cystic fibrosis patients at Cork University Hospital.

The row between the CF charity, Build4Life, and the hospital, centres on undertakings given by hospital management that beds would be ringfenced for CF patients in a new respiratory ward that Build4Life is funding at a cost of €2.3m.

The hospital has now pulled back from this undertaking, offering CF patients “priority access” instead, an offer rejected by Build4Life.