Patients deserve clarity over funding fears at Cobh Community Hospital

Relatives of patients in a cash-strapped community hospital which provides 24-hour nursing care have called on its board to make a statement amid funding fears.

They said they need concrete reassurances from the voluntary governors of Cobh Community Hospital in Cork about its funding levels and its future following revelations this week that it is under imminent threat of closure with claims it has just five weeks’ funding left.