Seriously ill grandmother stranded in Bosnia

A seriously ill grandmother who was rushed to hospital during a pilgrimage to Medjugorje has been stranded because there is no bed for her here.

Mary Burke, 68, from Mallow, Co Cork, who is in the intensive care unit in Mostar Hospital in Bosnia, was to be flown home by air ambulance on Sunday but the trip was called off as Cork University Hospital had no bed available.

The flight was rescheduled for yesterday but was cancelled again for the same reason. Her family are waiting to hear if she can be brought home today but her daughter, Carmel Green, said she was becoming increasingly fearful she would never get her mother home.