Merciless cuts for Mercy carers

WHEN I heard a news story recently about the Mercy Hospital emergency department in Cork reducing its hours I was shocked that such an excellent institution should be subject to the HSE’s latest round of cuts.

We need to take a stand and object vociferously to what the HSE administration insists on doing to valued and necessary health services that continue to serve our sick so well.

Recently my father, on visiting me in Cork, contracted pneumonia and was taken to Cork University Mercy Hospital (CUMH) by ambulance.