More patients refused by TB hospital

UP TO seven patients, some with TB, have been refused admission to Peamount Hospital since last Wednesday, despite being referred there for treatment by doctors.

The decision not to treat these patients at the national specialist referral centre for TB comes on foot of an amendment made this week to a High Court interim injunction giving hospital management control of admissions.

The amendment was the latest in a series of court actions hastened by the hospital’s decision to terminate the contract of its medical director, Professor Luke Clancy.