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Your kindness brings music to St. Finbarr’s
Music has the power to heal. And at CUH Charity, we want to bring comfort, connection, and healing to patients during their time in hospital. Volunteers have kindly arranged performances at Christmas, Easter, and [...]
“The Introduction of a Cuddle Bed in a Paediatric Ward: Enhancing Family-Centred End-of-Life Care”
Over the past year on Puffin Ward, we experienced the profound loss of six children. While each loss leaves a lasting impact, one experience in particular highlighted a gap in how we support families [...]
Christmas Gift Donations
Join us for this years Christmas Toy Drop! Every year we are blown away by the generosity of companies and individuals who donate toys so children in CUH and new babies in CUMH get [...]
“At 37, I Heard the Words No One Wants to Hear”
Am I going to survive? That was my pressing question. I’d just learned I had breast cancer. As I cradled a cup of tea in my hands I thought about my husband, three kids, [...]
Cork Woman Gemma Coffey Climbs Ireland’s Highest Peaks for Charity
A Cork woman who received care at Cork University Hospital has reached new heights by completing an incredible fundraising challenge in support of the charities that helped her during cancer treatment. [...]
Time with Family at the End of Life
Anyone who has ever been with a loved one at the end of their life understands how profoundly important that time is. In those final moments, patients want nothing more than [...]
Cycling Blackrock to Basecamp for CUH Children’s Unit
Cork Adventurer Sets Off on Journey from Blackrock to Everest Base Camp in Support of CUH Children’s Unit Daragh Cronin has embarked on an extraordinary new challenge, a solo cycling and [...]
Your love nourishes our littlest patients
Imagine how frightening it might be if a child you cared about had difficulty swallowing. What if every bit of nutrition was dangerous? At CUH, we see babies every month with [...]
Inside Cork University Hospital: Life-Changing Moments Unfold Every Day
Get a First Hand Look Inside Cork University Hospital with RTE On any given day at Cork University Hospital, 4,000 dedicated staff care for hundreds of patients - 800 inpatients, 800 outpatients, and [...]
The Kind of Care You Make Possible
The envelope said only “A&E.” Maeve Flynn had taken her son Brian to get a new pair of prescription sunglasses. He was looking forward to a holiday in Spain with his [...]
