Cork University Hospital cancels surgeries for two weeks

All scheduled surgery has been cancelled at Cork University Hospital for two weeks over Christmas, despite there being almost 1,500 people on waiting lists.

Management at CUH had planned to shut down theatres for three weeks, but this was blocked by senior medical staff.

The Irish Examiner has learned the proposed three-week closure was met with “total resistance” by surgeons and anaesthetists on the basis it could result in worse outcomes for patients.