€22m extension on track for October completion at Cork's Mercy hospital

The extension will add 30 inpatient beds and two state-of-the-art operating theatres at Mercy University Hospital 

The new extension to Mercy University Hospital , with St Francis church and the court house on Liberty street in the background. Picture; Eddie O'Hare

A €22m expansion of Cork city’s second largest hospital is on track to deliver 30 extra inpatient beds and two state-of-the-art operating theatres by October.

The building project at the 337-bed Mercy University Hospital (MUH), where Clancy Construction is the main contractor, is part of an ambitious €33m capital development progamme that will lead to the creation of circa 100 new posts and the enhancement of a range of services.