HSE asked to find extra beds for under pressure Cork hospitals

Delays at the emergency departments  at both Mercy University Hospital and Cork University Hospital following a spike in presentations

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire has written to the HSE asking it to find extra bed space as Cork hospitals struggle to meet capacity. File Picture.

The HSE has been told to find extra bed capacity urgently for Cork’s largest hospitals amid fears of rising Covid-19 figures and a winter surge of patients.

It follows delays at the emergency departments (ED) at both the Mercy University Hospital (MUH) and Cork University Hospital (CUH) following a spike in presentations.