A PLANNING application for a cancer-care centre in the city has been approved by Cork City Council.

FOUR Cork Local Electoral Areas returned higher incidence rates of Covid-19 than the national average following the latest figures released by the national Covid-19 Data Hub. The current Covid-19 14-day Incidence Rate per 100,000 population is 394. 2.

MORE than 600 cases of chlamydia have been reported in the HSE South region so far this year, with significant numbers of cases of gonorrhoea, syphilis, and herpes also recorded.

Fears that older people would suffer health consequences as a result of cocooning are being realised, according to a Cork consultant.

New figures show a further rise in the number of Covid-19 deaths being reported in Cork.

Almost 1,900 new cases of the virus were reported in Cork in the last two weeks. 

MANAGEMENT at a Cork nursing home were summoned to a “cautionary meeting” with the head of the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) team in the wake of concerns at the facility, it has emerged.

"Overall we are disappointed in Budget 2022 as it does not address the issues impacting Ireland’s older population.”

His parents said the final settlement marks the end of their eleven year battle.

The Government has announced a new dedicated women’s health package as part of Budget 2022, which will see free contraception provided to women aged between 17 and 25. The measures form part of a health spending package valued at €20.

Cork North Central TD Colm Burke said that the elective hospital cannot be a day facility in which in-patients are not accepted for more complicated procedures such as knee replacements

A CORK carer, who has not had a break since 2019, has stressed the need to support carers in the budget by ensuring they can take time off. Former Cork City councillor Marion O’Sullivan has been a carer for her brother, Stephen Mackey, for 15 years.

Figures from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) show a rise in the number of Covid-19 deaths which have been reported in Cork.

A recent rise in the number of admissions to intensive care units due to Covid-19 has been driven by unvaccinated patients, HSE boss Paul Reid has said.

A 550,000-euro machine part-funded by two cancer survivors has reduced an eight-week waiting time for patients to just 24 hours.

"The two or three children born each year in Ireland with the most severe form of the disease will now have access to this life changing medicine.” 

The closing of a Midleton mental health facility is being fought by local politicians with Cork East TD Seán Sherlock saying the closure of Owenacurra would leave “absolutely nothing” for the people of East Cork in terms of mental health.

Outbreaks were reported across eight different settings in the Cork and Kerry region. 

It comes at a time when concerns are being raised about hospital overcrowding, with more than 50 admitted patients waiting for beds at Cork hospitals today.

The Leukemia Unit at Cork’s Mercy University Hospital has undergone a number of ‘wild’ changes as part of efforts to make the hospital experience a little easier for its younger patients.

A DIETICIAN and specialist nurses are to be recruited for a new eating disorder team for adults in Cork and Kerry. The team will staff a new hub being set up as part of a HSE plan to tackle eating disorders at a community healthcare level.

ALL four Cork East TDs are set for an urgent meeting with the Minister of State for Mental Health and Older People Mary Butler today to discuss the proposed closure of Owenacurra Centre.

She cannot access inpatient care because she does not have health insurance and she cannot get a referral through the public system for one of only three inpatient beds for eating disorders in the country

THE rate of people being treated for alcohol use disorder in Cork is one of the highest in the country according to figures from the Health Research Board.

A LOCAL GP said that plans for the city's new elective hospital are part of a "one size fits all" approach to healthcare with little emphasis on the individual issues affecting patients in the Cork area.

SOME of the Mercy Hospital’s youngest patients are calling on members of the public to become ‘Mercy Heroes’ and help raise vital funds for the hospital’s Kids and Teens Appeal this month.

“We will spend, over the next four years in the lifetime of this government, direct exchequer capital funding of almost €50 billion.”

THE exact locations for the country’s three new elective hospitals, set to be developed in Cork, Dublin, and Galway, are expected to be announced during the week.

New figures show that the number of Covid-19 deaths being reported in Cork is continuing to rise.

“Where people once had a vibrant middle period of their life they became vulnerable when entering nursing homes." 

“I started to realise that I had worth and ambition and I could achieve, which I never believed before.”

“The only home they know is closing temporarily. This is their community." 

The ten outbreaks in the HSE South region, which comprises Cork and Kerry, were spread across a number of areas.

The Health Minister, Stephen Donnelly faced questions in the Dáil last night over the revelation that the organs of 18 babies that died at Cork University Maternity Hospital were sent for incineration to Belgium without the consent or knowledge of ...

The 14-day incidence of the virus being reported in the LEA is more than double the national average. 

More than 1,000 admitted patients were waiting for beds at CUH last month. 

CORK mum Leona Bermingham has vowed to continue her fight for answers as she seeks to find out to why her deceased son’s brain was incinerated in Belgium, without her consent.

The public has been urged to maintain the “national effort” to suppress Covid-19 ahead of the remaining restrictions being lifted next month.

MORE than 92% of people aged 12 or over in the Carrigaline and Cork City South East local electoral areas (LEAs) are fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Figures released by the CSO show the vaccine uptake in many parts of Cork is high.

ANY plan to develop a supervised injection centre in Cork City would have to involve careful consultation and selection of a site.

Ireland's only children’s hospice, LauraLynn has announced it plans to establish an on-the-ground presence in Cork, bringing services closer to home for children with palliative care needs and their families in the Munster region.

Mr O’Halloran will work at the UPMC Sports Medicine Concussion Program in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

CORK TDs have called on the Government to support healthcare services in light of a significant number of vacant consultant positions. Sinn Féin North Central representative Thomas Gould said waiting lists have been allowed to build up.

More Covid-19 deaths were recorded in Cork last week than any other county, with Cork also reporting the second-highest number of new cases. 

A SUPERVISED injection centre for Cork would require at least 20 staff and funding of at least €1m a year, according Southern Regional Drug and Alcohol Taskforce co-ordinator David Lane.

TWO Local Electoral Areas (LEA) in Cork have recorded Covid-19 14-day incidence rates higher than the national average with increases in cases recorded across some four areas.

More Covid-19 deaths were recorded in Cork last week than any other county, with Cork also reporting the second-highest number of new cases of the virus.

Mr Kieran Downey called for the HSE to agree to admit in to evidence a report commissioned in the aftermath of the tragedy.

20 new Covid-19 outbreaks were reported in Cork and Kerry last week, with the vast majority of these in school settings.

More patients waiting for beds at Cork University Hospital (CUH) this morning than any other hospital in the country.