CUH nurses back crisis e-mail

The Irish Nurses Organisation (INO) has urged hospital chiefs to hold a public meeting to address the concerns raised by a consultant in relation to the transfer of breast cancer services to the Cork University Hospital.

In a leaked email, consultant plastic surgeon Jason Kelly questioned the ability of the hospital to take on further breast cancer patients from the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital at the end of the year given that operating theatres were struggling with their existing workload.