Future of health board in jeopardy
A crunch meeting of the South Eastern Health Board has been rescheduled for tomorrow, after its January session was adjourned in chaos. Chief executive Pat McLoughlin sought legal advice over the weekend on what will happen if the board can’t pass its budget for 2004.
Under law, the board must adopt its 705,000 budget by tomorrow. But local councillors who are board members say they can’t approve spending for a full year if they are to be axed from the authority halfway through that year.
