PlayStation warranties set to expire before cystic fibrosis ward opens

The standard one-year warranty on 10 PlayStations bought for the entertainment of children hospitalised with Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is in danger of expiring before the ward for which they were purchased even opens.

The consoles, paid for by Munster-based CF charity Build4Life at a cost of circa €400 each, remain in storage while a new €2.3m 20-bed respiratory ward at Cork University Hospital (CUH), also paid for by the charity, remains closed.

The ward was completed in January and it had been expected that it would officially open within a month of completion of construction.