From the old hospital to the new

March 24th, 2007 by Donncha

In stark contrast to the newly built Cork University Maternity Hospital this was taken in one of the older ones. If you look carefully you can read the notice on the wall which starts, ‘Central Sterile Supply Department’. This building is in a state of disrepair you’d hardly expect in a flourishing economy like but the public health services are underfunded and top heavy with too many managers and money is siphoned off into over-budget projects.

Part three of my old hospital series.

In other news, midwives voted against moving to the new maternity hospital in from the three maternity hospitals in the city. The new hospital will be understaffed when it opens however, with staff numbers apparently being made up of unqualified porters, janitors and other personnel. The move was supposed to happen an hour ago, but has been set back to 4pm though doubts remain as to whether it’ll open at all today.

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This entry was posted on Saturday, March 24th, 2007 at 2:04 pm and is filed under Architecture, Black and White, Canon 20D, Cork, Ireland, Long Exposure, Photos, Sigma 18-200. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.


One Response to “From the old hospital to the new”

  1. Flickr: Anroo Says:

    I really like this shot. It’s scary, the state of our hospitals.

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