Minister questions why Mallow hospital beds and virtual wards remain underused

It is an “immoral” use of tax payers' money to have hospital beds empty in Mallow while patients are on trolleys in Cork hospitals instead of being transferred, the health minister has warned.

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill said the ongoing trolley crisis in Cork hospitals “cannot be sustained”, also saying the pressures facing patients in HSE South-West are seen across HSE regions.

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