Blackpool SouthDoc is set to reopen in September.

A CORK mother has expressed fears that further delays in accessing her child’s life-changing surgery could result in his condition becoming inoperable.

315 new cases of Covid-19 have been reported in Ireland. That’s according to the latest data from the Department of Health. The Department has said that these daily case numbers may change due to future data review, validation and update.

A BIONIC suit that simulates walking for paralysis sufferers — and is the only one of its kind in Ireland outside of a hospital setting — has broken down, sparking a fundraising campaign for an urgent replacement.

ALL appointments and services at St Mary’s Primary Care Centre in Cork city have been suspended following a flood.

A HOSPITAL in Cork currently has zero Covid-19 patients, the head of the Health Service Executive (HSE) has confirmed.

A man who sued over the death of his 38-year-old wife at Cork University Maternity Hospital days after her first baby was delivered when she went into cardiac arrest as she had a lung scan has settled his High Court action for €1. 25 million.

New provisional figures published by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) show how many cases of Covid-19 have been reported in Cork in the 14 days from May 26 to June 8.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said Ireland is now aiming to have 70% of adults fully vaccinated by the end of July. He made the comment as medics in Cork City Hall celebrate reaching 50,000 vaccine doses administered.

No overnight beds are set to come on stream as part of the proposed new elective hospital for Cork. It has been earmarked to operate six days per week, 50 weeks of the year.

The number of people claiming the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP) is at its lowest since December, new figures show. Around 285,000 people received the Covid-19 jobless payment this week, a decrease of more than 24,000 on last week.

SOME infection-control measures in a Cork nursing home that was dealing with a “substantial” outbreak of the virus required review, a Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) report has found.

UCC will turn blue during June to mark Aphasia Awareness Month and raise awareness of post-stroke language difficulty.

AN urgent action plan was issued at a Cork nursing home during an ongoing Covid-19 outbreak following “significant concerns”, a Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) report has revealed.

THE newly appointed clinical director at the Sims Clinic in Cork has said that the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted fertility treatment trends globally.

FIVE new community-based hubs for drug and alcohol addiction treatment will be created in Cork in the coming months.

The head of the Health Service Executive has urged the public to “keep their guard up” as they enjoy the bank holiday weekend. Paul Reid said the country has achieved too much in its battle against Covid-19 to let it slip now.

A CORK oncologist has warned that the cyber attack on the HSE is continuing to significantly impact cancer services, but stressed that tremendous work is under way to address the difficulties, with the Defence Forces providing support to help get ...

The HSE’s Chief Operations Officer has laid bare some of the continued impacts of the cyber attack on Cork University Hospital, describing how paper records continue to need to be used, resulting in long delays.

A CORK city woman who is travelling to Turkey for gastric sleeve surgery today has criticised the lack of certainty over whether she will be able to travel directly home to Cork in the aftermath of her medical procedure.

As hospitals in Cork and across the country continue to feel the impacts of the cyber attack on the HSE, a Cork hospital has appealed for patients due to attend for certain treatments to contact them.

BREAST cancer survivor Liz Cullinane, who previously climbed Kilimanjaro, has completed her latest challenge for the Cork Cancer Care Centre, though this time, she kept it closer to home.

Almost 2. 9 million coronavirus vaccinations have now been administered in Ireland, the head of the Health Service Executive has confirmed. Paul Reid said 53% of the adult population have had their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine.

A new pop-up Covid-19 test centre has been opened in north Cork. Cork Kerry Community Healthcare said testing was being made available at a pop-up test site at Charleville Primary Care Centre.

THE Acting Director of Public Health for the Cork Kerry region Dr Anne Sheahan has issued words of advice for this year’s Leaving Cert students, their families and friends.

Almost 200 admitted patients are waiting for beds at hospitals around the country this morning with Cork University Hospital (CUH) reporting the highest number of people waiting for beds.

South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital (SIVUH) has announced that normal service has resumed following the cyberattack on the HSE’s IT systems.

A CORK TD has called for an end to continuing maternity restrictions, and has told the Dáil of his family's personal experience, with him unable to offer support while his partner attended an emergency appointment alone.

Almost 50 patients are waiting for beds at hospitals in Cork this morning.

Preparations are underway at a number of pharmacies in Cork that will begin administering Covid-19 vaccines in the coming weeks.

A Cork doctor has voiced concerns after images emerged of crowds gathering in Cork at the weekend, warning that the “big concern with large crowds is that they could become super-spreader events”.

A Cork hospital has implemented its escalation policy to deal with a high number of attendees at its emergency department (ED).

A CORK woman has completed a ‘Make a Splash a Day in May’ fundraiser for the Irish Cancer Society. Grainne O’Sullivan, from Castlehaven, went for a dip or a swim every day this month to raise funds for a charity very close to her heart.

RELATIONSHIP breakdown and parental job losses are key triggers for transitions into child poverty, new research has found.

A PLANNING application for a new cancer-care centre in the city has been lodged with Cork City Council.

CLAIRE Kelliher, who lives in Bandon, is serving as a beacon of hope for defying the odds at every turn. This comes six years after a relapsing and remitting MS diagnosis forced her to quit her job and reassess her life goals.

There have been 464 further Covid-19 cases confirmed in Ireland, the National Public Health Emergency Team (Nphet) has said. As of Wednesday morning, 90 coronavirus patients were in hospital, of whom 35 were in ICU.

THE dean of public health at University College Cork, Professor Ivan Perry, said he believes “the end is in sight” with regard to the Covid-19 pandemic, but he has advised caution to prevent a surge of cases.

CORK Kerry Community Healthcare has issued an update with regards to their appointments going forward. They have confirmed that most clinics and appointments in primary care centres and health centres are going ahead as normal and as scheduled.

TWO east Cork teenagers were hospitalised and a third also fell ill after taking cannabis jellies.

There will be ‘short planned closures’ at a number of Covid-19 vaccination centres in Cork this week. No vaccinations will be provided at the Páirc Uí Chaoimh vaccination centre on Friday or Saturday, or at the City Hall or Mallow centres on Thursday.

A Cork-based hospital has secured injunctions from the High Court restraining any sharing, processing, selling or publishing of data believed stolen from its computer systems in a cyberattack.

A CORK-based consultant medical oncologist has warned that delays in cancer diagnosis and treatment caused by the Covid-19 pandemic could increase cancer mortality for the next decade.

The process for unlocking the HSE network following the cyber attack remains “fraught with risk”, chief executive Paul Reid has said.

Hospitals and health services in Cork continue to be impacted by the cyber-attack on the HSE last week.

MORE than 7,500 children were awaiting outpatient appointments at hospitals in Cork at the end of last month, with around a third of them waiting at least 12 months to be seen.

The Indian variant of Covid-19 is a “black cloud on the horizon” for Ireland, the country’s chief medical officer said.

Minister Stephen Donnelly has described initial tests on the decryption key supplied by the health service IT hackers as “positive”.

Third level students in Cork are being offered testing for Covid-19 amid an increase in cases of the virus reported in the student community in recent weeks.

Concerns have been raised about waiting times for addiction treatment in Cork, following the news that dozens of people have had to wait for more than a month to get treatment at a Cork treatment centre in the last two years.