31 surgeries cancelled as result of emergency department overcrowding

Thirty-one non-urgent surgeries were cancelled in two hospitals yesterday as a direct result of emergency department overcrowding

Both Cork University Hospital (CUH) and the Mercy University Hospital (MUH), also in Cork, had asked people to attend their respective EDs “only as a last resort” on Tuesday due to overcrowding.

CUH had said almost 700 patients had attended its ED between last Friday and Monday of this week, with 236 admissions.