Parts of busy Cork emergency department closed due to air conditioning fault

Patients having to be relocated to other parts of the hospital

There is a temporary closure of up to nine resuscitation rooms and Covid isolation rooms in the ED area of Cork University Hospital.

A small section of Cork University Hospital’s (CUH) already under pressure emergency department (ED) has been closed after a fault with its air conditioning system.

A number of patients who were in the area where patients with Covid are isolated have been relocated to other areas of the hospital.