The Health Minister has told an Oireachtas Health Committee that the death of a ten year old Cork girl who contracted Strep-A is "heartbreaking" and says he will look into having a paediatric ICU in Cork if a clinical case is made for one.
TAOISEACH Leo Varadkar has responded to calls for a specialist paediatric ICU in Cork from the parents of Vivienne Murphy, who died of a Strep A infection in March 2019, by saying it was a matter for medical experts.
Ireland s healthcare system has been buckling under pressure for too long. Sinn Féin has called for an investigation into the lack of children s ICU beds.