CUH has spent over two years battling superbug CPE

The hospital has spent nearly all of this year battling multiple outbreaks of the superbug CPE at the same time it was battling Covid-19

CPE is typically found in hospital settings, and is the most difficult superbug to kill with antibiotics. File picture: Shutterstock 

Cork University Hospital has spent over two years struggling to contain outbreaks of a dangerous superbug, despite strong criticisms from health watchdog Hiqa about infection control in 2018.

The hospital has spent nearly all of this year battling multiple outbreaks of the superbug Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriales (CPE) at the same time it was battling Covid-19.