Plans to cut hospital trauma services at nine A&Es across Ireland

Nine hospitals around the country, including the Mercy University Hospital in Cork, face losing their emergency trauma services.

The draft plans for health service will see emergency departments at the nine hospitals no longer treat patients presenting with major traumas like head injuries and broken limbs.

Some of the other hospitals included in the proposal are St Luke’s Hospital in Kilkenny, Wexford Hospital, and South Tipperary Hospital.