One in five hospitals ‘a risk to patients’

ALMOST one in five of the State’s public hospitals pose a serious risk to patients, a new national survey has found.

It also found that none of the 51 public hospitals failed to get top marks in the first independent National Hygiene Services Quality Review, which was published yesterday.

Fine Gael’s health spokesperson Dr James Reilly said the report revealed appalling standards and represented the latest failure for Health Minister Mary Harney.