Cork hospital helipad approved for patient flights after series of tests

Cork University Hospital passed with flying colours after Coast Guard, Air Corps, and Helicopter Emergency Medical Service test landings

The Aero Med 01 air ambulance, crewed by Captain Gerry Morgan and co-pilot Adrian Kenny, and with paramedics Peter Delea and Stephen Galvin on board, was one of three emergency helicopters test landings at CUH's new helipad. 

The new helipad at Cork University Hospital (CUH) has been approved to accept patient flights within days after it passed two days of test flight operations with flying colours.

The approval was signed off by authorities at CUH after they watched one of the Irish Coast Guard’s huge S92 search and rescue helicopters, the Waterford-based Rescue 117 aircraft, land on the helipad on Tuesday.