Health Minister Mary Harney has appointed Mr Seamus Creedon and Ms Celine Fitzgerald to the Board of Vhi Healthcare for a five-year period effective from February 22, it was announced today.

Vhi Healthcare today announced that Mary Harney, Minister for Health & Children has appointed Mr Jimmy Tolan and Mr Declan Moran to the Board of Vhi Healthcare with effect from May 1.

The future viability of Vhi healthcare is at serious and urgent risk, the company claimed today.