Delay in transferring Cork ophthalmology services condemned as 'waste of money'

Last weekend, 24 people travelled on a bus to Belfast from Cork to undergo surgery for cataracts

Michael Collins TD welcoming patients ono the 100th Belfast or Blind Bus for their cataract procedures at Kingsbridge Private Hospital. Picture: Neil Michael.

The delay in transferring ophthalmology services from one Cork hospital to another has been condemned as a waste of public money.

Two new theatres for ophthalmology and a new outpatients clinic have been developed at the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital. However, it is understood an agreement has not yet been reached with Cork University Hospital about the transfer of services from there to the SIVUH.