IRELAND
Irish Examiner
Saturday, April 29, 2017
Joyce Fegan
A national march has been organised in protest against the “religious ownership” of the new National Maternity Hospital.
The march, which takes place next Sunday, May 7, is entitled “We Own Our Hospitals”.
It comes after almost 100,000 people signed an Uplift petition to prevent the Sisters of Charity becoming sole owners of the new National Maternity Hospital planned for the St Vincent’s Healthcare Group site in Dublin 4.
The march will begin at the Garden of Remembrance at 2pm and finish at Merrion Square at Leinster House.
It is being organised by Parents for Choice, who want to ensure that public healthcare facilities are accountable to the citizens of Ireland.
“We want to ensure that healthcare facilities paid for by the people of Ireland are accountable to and run by the people of Ireland,” said Parents for Choice spokeswoman Sinéad Redmond.
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