CUH gynaecology service crisis - Patients at risk by failure to face reality

The chronic underfunding of the gynaecology service at Cork University Hospital is both disturbing and alarming.

Disturbing because it reveals a crisis in confidence among consultants in the governance of the hospital and, as a consequence, they have risen in open revolt to force change which they deem essential to the welfare of women in their care.

While other large maternity hospitals in the country have a dedicated management and budget, the Cork University Maternity Hospital does not and operates under a single governance framework for CUH and CUMH.