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'Significant surge capacity' at Cork hospitals

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Management at Cork's two main public acute hospitals have offered an assurance that, while the availability of space within their intensive care units is tight, there are vacant ICU beds there.

They also said there is significant surge capacity for more at both hospitals, should the need arise. Cork University Hospital is currently operating with 20 ICU beds, with provision to add a further 16 ICU beds if there is a surge in demand.

Two of the 20 ICU beds at the hospital were vacant this afternoon. In the city centre, Mercy University Hospital is currently operating with six ICU beds, with provision to treble that to 18 in the event of a surge.

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