New €15m CUH psychiatric unit hit by water leak

A new €15 million psychiatric unit at Cork University Hospital (CUH) which opened less than four months ago has already been subjected to water leaks.

Siptu shop steward Des McSweeney said water penetrated the building on the weekend of November 6, raising health and safety issues around the 50-bed unit.

He said the leak resulted in the transfer of a male patient to another bedroom while the room affected was closed to facilitate repair work.