Parents urge redevelopment of children’s hospital

THE redevelopment of the country’s largest hospital for sick children must be given the urgency it deserves, a parents’ lobby group will tell Tánaiste and Minister for Health Mary Harney today.

Linda Dillon, whose daughter, Alice, six, was treated for cancer at Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children in Dublin, said nothing had changed in the hospital since the campaign group was formed in 2003.

Children's health continued to be compromised by a lack of space and facilities, said Ms Dillon, chairperson of the New Crumlin Hospital Group.