CUMH cancels Gynae clinics this week
Statement by Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH) – Issued Monday 17th May 2021, 4.30pm
The ongoing cyber-attack on the HSE’s IT system has resulted in considerable delays at Cork University Maternity Hospital and on the hospitals ability to deliver normal outpatient services.
This challenging situation is ongoing.
As a result, management CUMH wish to advise that
Gynae Clinics have been cancelled for this week. Online classes are also cancelled until further notice.
The Emergency Department remains open and phone call bookings are going ahead.
Inductions of Labour, C-sections and Gynaecology Elective operations and antenatal, physiotherapy and Neonatology outpatient appointments are going ahead this week, but delays are likely as a result of the current IT situation.
Delays at CUH, CUMH and South Infirmary as a result of cyber attack As a result management at the CUH and CUMH wish to advise the public that the following will apply for tomorrow, Monday 17th May:
In the CUH, Patients with an OPD appointment, Chemotherapy appointment, surgery appointment, should come to the hospital unless you are contacted to cancel.
Patients with X-ray appointments should not attend unless contacted.
Radiotherapy appointments are cancelled tomorrow.
In Cork University Maternity Hospital, Gynae Clinics have been cancelled on Monday 17th and Tuesday 18th May.
The South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital have announced that all appointments for X-ray tomorrow are cancelled but all other services will resume as normal.
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People who have booked a Covid-19 test already are advised to go to their appointment as scheduled. File photograph: iStock
The Health Service Executive (HSE) has shut down all its IT systems following a cyberattack leading to a disruption in services for patients , including x-rays and radiology appointments.
Efforts to restore the systems are ongoing, but it will likely be several days before services return to normal, chief operations officer Anne O’Connor said on Saturday.
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