IRELAND
RTE News
The Religious Sisters of Charity are to relinquish ownership of three hospitals they are involved with, St Vincent’s University Hospital, St Vincent’s Private and St Michael’s.
A new company with charitable status is to be formed, called St Vincent’s.
It is to replace the Sisters of Charity as the shareholders in the St Vincent’s Healthcare Group.
The sisters will no longer have the right to appoint directors to the board of the group.
The moves follows controversy over the proposed ownership of the planned new National Maternity Hospital on the St Vincent’s Hospital campus.
The current requirement of the healthcare group to conduct and maintain SVHG facilities in accordance with the Catholic code will be amended, to reflect compliance with national and international best practice guidelines on medical ethics and the laws of the Republic of Ireland.
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