Health minister takes aim at CUH: 'The reality is there are some hospitals that have not improved'

Health minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has again taken aim at Cork University Hospital (CUH), questioning why trolley numbers remain so bad when recruitment is the “highest by some distance of any hospital in this country”.

Ms Carroll MacNeill, the Fine Gael TD for Dun Laoghaire, compared CUH to Dublin hospitals, St James’ and Beaumont, which she argued have similar demands and resources but are performing better.

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