A health service to make Connolly proud

ON Sunday, February 26, 1961, an emergency requiring an amputation arose in the Cottage Hospital at Knightstown, Valentia Island.
A health service to make Connolly proud
Fri, 21 Oct, 2005 - 01:00

The weather was foul and the Atlantic seas were angry. The patient could not be moved.

An entire surgical team was dispatched from Tralee hospital and was collected by Valentia lifeboat at Caherciveen Pier.

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