Seven-year campaign by hospital action group pays off

A seven-year campaign by a hospital action group in Waterford, seeking a community nursing unit, appears to have finally bore some fruit.

The Government, it emerged, looks set to deliver a long-awaited 100-bed nursing unit at St Patrick’s Hospital in Waterford City.

According to Labour’s Ciara Conway, a design team has been selected to work on developing a planned community nursing unit on the hospital grounds.