FG senator challenges minister on co-location

FORMER health minister Micheál Martin was challenged last night to find an alternative site for one of the state’s first co-located hospitals.

Cork Fine Gael Senator Jerry Buttimer threw down the gauntlet after Enterprise Minister Martin told residents that a proposed €250 million 185-bed co-location hospital on the grounds of Cork University Hospital was “not sustainable”.

Mr Buttimer said Mr Martin cannot support the Government’s co-location policy while at the same time telling residents that this facility should not be built at the hospital.