Health

AIDS / HIV Family Support Group
Freephone: 1800 232320
Tel: 021 4551331 E-mail: aidscork@eircom.net
MacCurtain House, 21-22 MacCurtain St., Cork
Service: provides support and counselling to HIV/AIDS sufferers and their
families, along with education, advice and assistance with social services.
Arthritis Ireland (Cork branch)
Martina Leahy Tel: 087 8559233
Asthma Society of Ireland
Tel: 1850 445464
Website: www.asthmasociety.ie Email: nurse@asthmasociety.ie
Office hours: Tuesday – Thursday10am-1pm
Specialist asthma nurse available at these times to answer your asthma queries.
BodyWhys
(Anorexia and Bulimia Helpline)
Tel: 1890 200 444
Website: www.bodywhys.ie Email: info@bodywhys.ie
Provides information and support for people with eating disorders.
Irish Cancer Society Helpline
Cork Office Tel: 021 4840597
Tel: 1800 200 700
Lawley House, Monahan Road, Cork
Website: www.cancer.ie Telephone line(s) available:
9am-7pm, Mon-Thurs, 9am – 5pm Friday
Brainwave Irish Epilepsy Association
Tel: 021 4274774
Fax: 021 4272672
35 Washington Street, Cork.
Website: www.epilepsy.ie Email: brainwavecork1@epilepsy.ie
Support and Information for people with epilepsy
Irish Heart Foundation
Tel: 021 4505822
42 Penrose Wharf, Penrose Quay
Website: www.irishheart.ie
Helpline: 1890432787, Mon –Fri, 10am – 5pm
Irish Red Cross
Tel: 087 0521097
Liam’s Lifts Transport Service
Tel: 086 7257218
Triona O’Flynn, Duntaheen Road, Fermoy, Co Cork
Service: Transport for those requiring health services.
Liam’s Lifts is a community-based transport service.
St Patrick’s Community Hospital, Fermoy
Tel: 025 31300
Fax: 025 33686
Ambulance calls to ambulance control Tel: 021-4922182
Other enquiries during office hours to Tel: 025-31300
Service: Fermoy Hospital maintains a homely relaxed, therapeutic atmosphere that supports the delivery of professional care standards.
Services include

• Continuing Care, Respite Care,
• Convalescent Care, Palliative Care,
Fermoy Hospital Fundraising Committee
Tel: 087 6257198
Service: Co-ordinating activities in support funds to meet with the constant new
equipment for the hospital and to be the first form of contact for new sponsors.
Health Service Executive (HSE) Primary Community
and Continuing Care Services
For more information, contact North Cork Local Health Office at
Tel: 022 31855
The HSE provides a broad range of community services besides the services which are included below: Nursing Home Care, Long Term Illness Scheme, Child and Adolescent Psychology, Mental Health Services, Occupational Therapy, Podiatry, Traveller Health, Community Work, Speech and Language, Services for Older People, Home Help Services, Disability Services.
HSE North Cork Social Work Department
Tel: 022 54100
Child Protection & Welfare Service
134 Bank Place, Mallow, Co Cork
Opening Hours: 9am – 5pm
Assessment and social work intervention with children and families in the North Cork area. Promotion of health, social and emotional development of children and families at risk.
North Cork Fostering Department
Tel: 022 21484
Assessment of foster carers and provision of foster placements to the North Cork Social Work Department.
Community Welfare Officers’ Clinic
Fermoy Office Tel: 025 32405
Mallow Office Tel: 022 44900
Service: Financial assessment for health services, e.g. medical cards,
information and advice, Budgeting, advocacy, financial support through the supplementary welfare allowance scheme.
Fermoy Health Centre
Tel: 025 32405
Chapel Hill, Fermoy
Services: Child Development clinic, Eye clinic, Hearing clinic and psychology.
HSE Dental Clinic
Tel: 025 31122
Chapel Hill, Fermoy
Public Health Nursing Service
Tel: 022 58739 / 58645
St. Francis Welfare Home, Rathealy road, Fermoy, Co. Cork
Service: Home nursing, pre-natal and post-natal services, child health
promotion, surveillance, Breast feeding Support Group, Child Health and
Development Screening clinics and Child Ophthalmic Clinics and School Health service and Immunization programme, Assessment of individuals needs, Home Help Assessment and ongoing referral, wound assessment and referral, assessment of individual and family needs, supporting families in times of crisis, Health Promotion, Palliative Nursing Care, Referral to Day Care Nursing Service.
For medical and surgical aids and appliances Home Care packages and to HSE Multidisciplinary Team (E.g. Community Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Podiatry, Alzheimers’ Day and respite service.
HSE Customer Information Centre
Tel: 1850 241850
Fax: 041 6850330
Email: info@hse.ie
Service: The HSE information line provides advice on health services, entitlements, eligibility, application forms and contact details for services across the country.
HSE G.U.M. / S.T.I. Clinic
Tel: 021 4966844
Outpatients Dept. South Infirmary, Victoria Hospital Complex, Old Blackrock Rd., Cork.
Service: Free and confidential service offering diagnosis and treatment of
sexually transmitted infections, HIV testing and contact tracing. Health advice also offered. Phone for appointment.