Health board backs private hospital plan

A PRIVATE hospital could be built in the mid-west if Limerick’s Regional Hospital raised the funds for the project by selling four acres of its land, a health board report has revealed.

A proposal last May to establish a private hospital on the grounds of the Mid West Regional Hospital at Dooradoyle was abandoned when Bon Secours Health System and BUPA Healthcare Ireland Ltd withdrew from the project.

In response, the health board established a project group to re-examine its options. Arising from the group’s work, the health board executive is to recommend to members today.