Medical staff monitor 12 after three fall ill in drugs trial

Three men are recovering in hospital tonight after they became ill during a clinical trial.

Three ambulances, two rapid response vehicles and two advance paramedics were called to the Shandon Clinic in Cork this morning.

It is understood 12 men had been undergoing a drug trial at the private clinic when some became unwell.

Three of the men were taken to Cork University Hospital, where they are said to be in a stable condition.

The trial’s other participants are thought to have been treated at the scene and are believed to be remaining under medical supervision at the clinic as a precaution.

The clinic, set up in 1990, is located in the city’s former University Dental Hospital.

It carries out between 20 and 30 clinical studies on site each year for a range of international clients.