€2 million allocated for investment in Fermoy Community Hospital

Fermoy's St Patrick’s Community Hospital is to receive €2 million under a new Capital Plan aimed at improving nursing home facilities in Ireland.

St Patrick’s Community Hospital in Fermoy is to receive €2 million under a new Capital Plan aimed at improving nursing home facilities in Ireland.

Nationally, a total of €385 million has been promised by the Government to bring all public nursing homes up to minimum physical standards within five years.

The funding for St Patrick’s Community Hospital will go towards refurbishment works, to be concluded by 2018. Chairperson of St Patrick’s Community Hospital Fundraising Committee Tadhg O’Donovan, welcomed the announcement this week and said …

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