Green light for €45m hospital despite costs denial

A €45 million hospital and radiotherapy development for Waterford has been given the green light by planners clearing the way for work to begin next month.

Green light for €45m hospital despite costs denial

Doctors behind the project welcomed the news despite Health Minister Micheál Martin’s comments that neither revenue nor capital resources had been committed by his department towards the provision of radiotherapy services in private hospitals.

Dr Ken Patterson played down the minister’s reply to a Dáil question saying there could be no question of having an agreement in place covering the use of the proposed hospital before construction had started.

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