'There is always new equipment coming out' — Hospitals rely on charity for high-tech devices

Neurosurgeon Mahmoud Kamel said: “There is always new equipment coming out and they are very expensive." File picture

Charitable donations fill a financial gap for public hospitals in need of new high-tech equipment, a top neurosurgeon working in Cork said.

Cork University Hospital is one of two main specialist centres for neurosurgery including brain tumour surgery. The other is at Beaumont Hospital in Dublin.