A teenage boy has been hospitalised for nearly three months at a cost of up to €100,000 to the State because of delays in securing a wheelchair, his mother has claimed. Liam Lynch from Mallow, Co Cork, is in Cork University Hospital (CUH) with chronic bedsores because he grew out of his wheelchair. The boy has been hospitalised since January. but he does everything else the same as everyone else does.”She said problems began when her son needed a new wheelchair. “He then developed a small pressure sore on his left bum.

Source: The Irish Times April 05, 2019 12:11 UTC