Service for addicts to accept first admissions in Cork at end of year after delays

Service for addicts to accept first admissions in Cork at end of year after delays

The project will be for chaotic addicts who need immediate help ahead of accessing residential treatment.

A €1m drug and alcohol stabilisation service for the south of the country is expected to take in its first admissions at the end of this year — more than a year after it was set to open.

The Health Service has revealed that a premises for the unit has been secured in Cork city to cater for eight people in Cork, Kerry, the Mid-West and the southeast.

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