Top medic warns of 'epidemic' of health service modular builds without proper planning 

The emergency department at Cork University Hospital is too small, according to a senior doctor. Picture: Jim Coughlan

A top cancer doctor has warned there will be an “epidemic of modular builds” unless there is proper hospital planning to provide a long-term solution to overcrowding.

Director of cancer services at Cork University Hospital Professor Seamus O’Reilly welcomed the immediate changes over recent days to address overcrowding, but called for more long-term solutions.