11m available to develop children’s unit at CUH

Junior Health Minister Kathleen Lynch has confirmed that funding of €11m has been earmarked for the development of a new children’s unit at Cork University Hospital.

The money more than doubles the circa €4.5m which had been available up to now towards building a two-storey extension on top of the existing in-patient ward. Ms Lynch said the additional funds open up the possibility of an entirely new build.

Paediatric staff at the hospital have repeatedly highlighted the inadequate in-patient facilities and have called for the existing facility to be flattened and replaced with a state-of-the-art ward.