Stroke treatment expansion at CUH face major delay due to vacant consultant post

Plans to expand life-saving stroke treatment at Cork University Hospital (CUH) face a major delay because of difficulties filling a key consultant post.

The recruitment problem means it could take up to a year before the thrombectomy service becomes available around-the-clock at CUH, which has the busiest inpatient stroke service in the country, treating more than 550 confirmed stroke patients each year, and another 500 potential stroke cases.