IRELAND
Irish Independent
Eilish O’Regan
April 22 2017
Health Minister Simon Harris today called for “cool heads” as he waded into the row which threatens the future of a new national maternity hospital.
The minister was attempting to quell the controversy which has led to St Vincent’s Healthcare Group to review its offer of a site at its Dublin campus for the new hospital.
Asked if he intends to meet the group, he said will allow its board to meet to discuss the issue next week.
The row erupted over the decision to give ownership of the new maternity hospital to the Sisters of Charity, the religious order who own the campus where the St Vincent’s public and private hospitals are located.
The plan is to re-locate the maternity hospital to a new €300m building to be constructed at St Vincent’s campus in Elm Park, two miles away.
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