Limerick mum waiting for phone call that could save her life

A Limerick mother of two autistic sons will have an anxious wait tomorrow for a phone call with, hopefully, potentially life-saving news.

Yvonne Dillon, who lives at Old Cratloe Road, Caherdavin, had planned open heart surgery at Cork University Hospital already deferred several times this week due to the beds crisis.

Mrs Dillon, 48, said: “I am to ring the hospital at 11am [Sunday] and please god they will have a bed so the operation can go ahead on Monday.