Cork University Hospital's long awaited helipad could be operational in July
The hospital has been without a helipad since 2003 when it was decommissioned to make way for a new emergency department
For several years, helicopters have been landing on nearby sports pitches, with patients transferred to CUH by ambulance.
Professor of Emergency Medicine at CUH Conor Deasy told RedFM News that the helipad is vital as the hospital is a trauma centre for the south
"That of course is very important for people who have major trauma, who have strokes, who have obstetric emergencies, from the southern third of the country really so it means that there is equity of access to care at CUH in a way that hasn't been possible before., for people who don't necessarily live very close to the hospital at CUH, but need the services"
