Consultants threaten to resign over transfer of surgical facilities

John Murphy

The transfer was to have been completed by March 1 but it has emerged that it will be at least June before the surgical units open in Clonmel.

The Health Service Executive say the opening date had to be delayed to allow industrial relations negotiations to proceed, but consultants and other staff at the hospital are angry at the situation. Consultant physician Dr Paul O’Regan said the consultants are seriously upset about the situation, and resignation may well be something they will have to consider because they can no longer work for their patients under existing dangerous conditions.