More admitted patients are waiting for beds at the ED at CUH than any other ED in the country.

Latest data released by the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) showed that 879,277 people are now on some form of waiting list.

The school provides educational support for children at the hospital ranging from primary to secondary school level.

HSE figures show 65 people with Covid-19 were being cared for at Cork city hospitals on Tuesday night.

OVER 60 admitted patients are waiting for beds at hospitals in Cork this morning. According to figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation’s Trolley Watch, a total of 62 patients are waiting for beds at Cork hospitals this morning.

Almost 70 people with Covid-19 were being cared for at hospitals in Cork on Monday. 

A spokesperson for the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) told The Echo: “Our members in Cork are crying out for some kind of relief for them and their patients. "

The Health Service Executive South is looking to build a five-storey extension to the existing paediatric unit at the hospital.

A Cork GP said that the events of this year had put hospitals in an “impossible situation”.

A CONSULTANT working in the emergency department at Cork University Hospital (CUH) has said that some patients have experienced “exceptional wait times” with some waiting 16 hours to be seen by a doctor.

"We are already seeing a number of her former patients making donations because they remember the kindness she showed them." 

Yesterday, 54 admitted patients were waiting for beds at hospitals in Cork. 

More than 50 admitted patients were waiting for beds at hospitals in Cork yesterday. 

The precious cargo was delivered by Garda escort with VIPs including Santa Claus and two lion mascots from the club in tow.

Gardaí and the emergency services were called to an apartment building on Meade Street off Sullivan's Quay in Cork city centre this morning following reports of a woman in her late twenties/early thirties falling from a height.

Acting director of public health for the HSE South region, Dr Anne Sheahan, tells Mary Corcoran that Cork hospitals need to be protected

Cork University Hospital has issued another warning regarding delays to the emergency department.

Mr Martin made the comments speaking to reporters at Cork Airport after he officially opened the newly reconstructed runway.

A CUH statement tonight confirmed their Hospital Surge Plan was currently being implemented and said this may result in the cancellation of a number of non-urgent procedures.

The hospital said the “increasing number of Covid-19 positive patients admitted to the hospital” is also putting “significant pressure” on services.

Management at both Cork University Hospital and the Mercy University Hospital say that emergency departments are currently facing high demand. 

Mr Downey said his grief was exacerbated by the fact that, whilst Marie's postmortem was carried out in Cork, baby Darragh was sent to Dublin to be examined.

Latest HSE figures show that there were just nine general hospital beds available at the city’s main hospitals last night. 

Last night, 51 people with the virus were being cared for at hospitals in Cork. 

The planning application for the final phases of the major development is yet to be submitted, according to the HSE.

“While it must be worrying for hospitals to see this decline in income, we need to be very clear that the health service should not have to rely on parking charges for funding."

People attending the emergency department of Cork University Hospital are warned that some patients may experience delays. It's due to the ED being "exceptionally busy" in recent weeks.

“Students going back into the hospitals, they are working in the Covid wards, they are working in other wards with Covid patients, the number in ICUs and hospitals are going to increase, could they double, could they treble?.“Already the system is leaning heavily for reliance on those student nurses, that will increase in the days and week ahead.” 

LABOUR leader Alan Kelly has said the new elective hospital set to be developed in Cork should be built on the northside of the city.

A REPORT, from data on patients who were hospitalised following hip fractures, has shown that, while Cork University Hospital (CUH) made improvements in some areas in 2020, in the region of 40% of patients who were admitted to the hospital with a ...

The Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Simon Harris TD has announced the extension of ‘vaccination week' pilots.

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

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

Almost 70% of staff at a Cork emergency department (ED) who were surveyed for a study looking at the impact of Covid-19on wellbeing reported burnout.

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

A total of 467 patients were being treated on trolleys in Ireland’s hospitals this morning.

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.

Adam King’s family have thanked the “amazing staff” at Cork University Hospital (CUH) for the level of care given to Adam after he suffered a small fall.

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

Cork University Hospital have warned that the facility is currently "exceptionally busy" and that some patients may experience delays in the Emergency Department as a result.

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.

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

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

More than 80 admitted patients are waiting for beds at hospitals in Cork this morning.

A WINTER plan is the “key thing” needed to help tackle problems with overcrowding at Cork University Hospital (CUH), a Government minister has said.

CONCERNS have been voiced that Cork hospitals could see their worst year on record for overcrowding this year.

Cork University Hospital is the busiest hospital in the country today. There are 53 patients without beds at the facility. All of those are in the emergency departments. There are a further 14 people waiting for beds at Mercy University Hospital.

Six-year-old Adam King, the little Cork boy whose virtual hug captured the hearts and minds of the worldwide during his appearance on The Late Late Toy Show last November, has handed over an impressive €266,000 to two hospitals.

CORK University Hospital (CUH) has advised patients to expect considerable delays in the Emergency Department as they are exceptionally busy at present.

AN educational video on mobility in older adults developed by Cork University Hospital has been recognised in an international medical journal.