Intensive care unit at Cork University Hospital 'extremely busy' as hospital asks patients to avoid A&E

The hospital says it has been 'exceptionally busy' today, and in the last number of days.

CUH says the increase in attendance is the result of 'a large number of very ill medical patients requiring admission.' File Picture

A spokesperson for Cork University Hospital has told the Irish Examiner that the Intensive Care Unit at the hospital is not full, but is "extremely busy", reiterating an earlier request to patients to seek assistance from Southdoc or urgent care units rather than presenting to A&E. 

More than 100 nurses are out for Covid reasons at Cork University Hospital (CUH), according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO).