CFAI: Cystic fibrosis patients at risk of infection as they wait for hospital room

Five patients with cystic fibrosis are at risk of infection as they wait for a room at St Vincent's Hospital in Dublin while purpose-built rooms remain empty, a group has warned today.

The Cystic Fibrosis Association of Ireland (CFAI) said that the Department of Health and the HSE agreed in July that a number of rooms would be kept free for CF patients - but the group said that this is not being done.