Elderly patients forced to wait an average of 29 hours in CUH A&E last month 

'It is absolutely shocking, that elderly patients are waiting over 24 hours in emergency departments in Cork'

Cork University Maternity Hospital. HSE figures  show that for patients over 75, the average "patient experience time to admission" in April was 28.8 hours at CUH and 26.8 hours at the Mercy University Hospital (MUH) — the national average was 13.75 hours.

Elderly patients endured an average 29-hour wait in Cork University Hospital’s (CUH) emergency department last month — almost twice the national average —  new figures show.

The news emerged as the HSE confirmed some €94m in capital funding from the HSE for several major health care projects in Cork, including the delivery of new hospital extensions, more general and ICU beds, new facilities and labs at several sites, and the long-awaited delivery of a helipad at CUH.