Cork hospital checked in fictitious patient to catch staff member thief

Healthcare assistant pleaded guilty to four counts of theft of cash from patients, one of whom was 90 years' old

Judge noted that management at the hospital in Cork had to go to great lengths to find out who had been stealing money from patients. File picture: Sasko Lazarov / RollingNews.ie

A fictitious patient was checked into a room at the Bon Secours Hospital in Cork with cash in his wallet and he was then transferred to intensive care in an effort to catch the member of staff who had been stealing from patients.

Judge Olann Kelleher noted that management at the hospital in Cork had to go to great lengths to find out who had been stealing money from patients.