Hospitals unable to access patient files after cooling system failure

A spokesperson for the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin said that the maternity hospital had also been affected by the cooling failure, however, patients were not affected.

Hospitals across the country were left unable to access patient files on Wednesday after a failure in a cooling system, the Irish Examiner can reveal.

It is understood some facilities saw healthcare workers operating without access to information for a number of hours, using pen and paper to record patient notes and carry out other administrative duties.