An 18-year-old girl in need of a live-saving operation will die unless she can be transferred to a hospital which will carry out the surgery, her brother has said.
Breda Kevane, who is currently in an induced coma at Kerry University Hospital, is awaiting urgent surgery on her airways to save her life.
However, she must first be transferred to an available bed at Cork University Hospital or University Hospital Limerick, according to her brother Paddy Kevane.
Mr Kevane said his sister - who turns 19 in two weeks' time - is likely to die in the coming days unless she can get a bed in one of the hospitals.
"The issue at the moment is that every hospital is overflowing and she can't get a bed," Mr Kevane told 'The Right Hook' on Newstalk.
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