Ward deal sees beds kept for CF patients

A compromise has been reached in a row between a cystic fibrosis (CF) charity and a Cork hospital that will pave the way for the development of a new €2.3m respiratory ward.

The compromise will see a number of beds on the adult ward at Cork University Hospital (CUH) ringfenced for CF patients, which is what Build4Life, the charity funding the ward, had requested.

However it is understood the number of protected beds has been scaled back from what was originally proposed when the project was first mooted in 2011.