Cork hospice asks for iPad donations for dying patients amid visiting restrictions

Due to social distancing, families are unable to support their loved ones in the way they would have before.

There are 63 elderly care beds and a daycare facility on the campus. File picture.

A specialist palliative care centre in Cork city has asked the public to donate iPads or tablets to patients who are cut off from their families arising out of Covid-19 visitor restrictions.

Marymount University Hospital and Hospice was founded in 1870. The facility provides 44 specialist palliative care beds, an extensive ambulatory care/daycare facility, accommodation for the community palliative care team, and full educational and library resources.