Surge in Covid-19, flu and winter vomiting presentations at Cork's Mercy hospital

Mercy University Hospital in Cork has asked people to avoid its emergency department if possible following a surge in presentations

Mercy University Hospital has appealed to members of the public needing less urgent treatment to avail of other care services. Picture: Larry Cummins

Mercy University Hospital (MUH) in Cork has asked people to avoid its emergency department if possible following a surge in presentations.

The hospital appealed to members of the public needing less urgent treatment to avail of other care services, where possible, including their GPs in the first instance, or the Mercy Local Injury Unit at St Mary’s Health Campus in Gurranabraher, which is open from 8am to 6pm.