HSE ‘only canvassed doctors in Dublin’

PAEDIATRICIANS at some of the State’s largest hospitals outside Dublin have condemned the Health Service Executive (HSE) for failing to include them in the consultation process for a new national children’s hospital.

Professor Jonathan Hourihane, head of paediatrics at University College Cork (UCC) and chairman of the paediatrics division at Cork University Hospital (CUH) said there was no consideration for the rest of the country when the decision was taken.

“They have not canvassed paediatricians outside of Dublin, instead they sought the views of the hospitals involved and those of international experts.”