Centre to support patients after cancer diagnosis at Mercy University Hospital

Patients struggling to cope with a cancer diagnosis at the Mercy University Hospital will have immediate access to a range of supports under plans to build a new cancer care centre.

The Mercy Hospital Foundation has lodged a planning application to construct the two-to-three-storey centre, on a 0.02-hectare site at Wood’s St, Cork City.

Micheál Sheridan, foundation CEO, said the estimated capital cost is up to €2m, with a hoped-for completion date of the end of 2018: “We were looking for a site for three or four years. Location was the key — it was crucial that we could offer patients and their families support in the immediate aftermath of a diagnosis.”