Relief as hospital bed found for mum

The family of a seriously ill woman, stranded in Bosnia because no intensive care bed could be found for her here, have spoken of their relief at getting her home.

Mary Burke, 68, from Mallow, Co Cork, was being cared for at University Hospital Limerick last night after efforts to secure a bed for her failed at Cork University Hospital.

“We would have taken Dublin or anywhere really at this stage so to get Limerick, while not ideal, is far better than what we were beginning to fear,” said her daughter Carmel Green.