Mallow hospital ward ‘generally unclean’

A ward in Mallow General Hospital in Co Cork was dirty throughout when health service inspectors saw it last April.

Inspectors from the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) found St Mary’s ward, a 23-beds medical unit, was “generally unclean”.

However, with a few exceptions, the hospital’s medical assessment unit, which Health Minister James Reilly officially opened last month, was found to be clean.