Moves afoot for major new hospital in Cork city
Plans to have new elective hospital in place by 2024
Cork University Hospital’s location in the western suburbs is likely to influence where a new hospital is built. Sláintecare has stated that its preference is for elective hospitals to be “appropriately sited adjacent to major hospitals.” It is currently engaging in a site appraisal process to identify the most suitable location
Thu, 21 Jan, 2021 - 06:46
Catherine Shanahan
An extensive trawl to identify a suitable site for a major new hospital in Cork city which would be up and running by 2024 has been completed by agents acting on behalf of Sláintecare, the government blueprint for health service reform.
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Jan 19, 2021 9:57 AM
A number of hospitals in the south of the country have received and administered a disproportionately large number of Covid-19 vaccines, relative to their size.
The Irish Times reports that more than one-third of doses given up to last Tuesday were administered in hospitals run by the South/Southwest Hospital Group in Waterford, Cork and Kerry.
This is despite the group being only the third biggest of the seven hospital groups, by number of employees.
Figures obtained from the HSE show that the group had administered 19,840 vaccine doses by last Tuesday, and 22,000 by last Friday.