Consultants ask Martin to change stance on CUH

CONSULTANTS based at Cork University Hospital have asked Enterprise Minister Micheál Martin to change his position and support plans for a €250m co-location hospital on their campus.

In a letter signed by Dr Denis Kelly, chairman of the consultant medical staff, they question whether Mr Martin was misquoted in recent media reports when he outlined his opposition to the private hospital.

“Although your recent comments regarding the development of a co-located hospital on the CUH site may have been misrepresented by the media, we consider it very important that your support for this development be unequivocal, informed and public,” the consultants said in a letter to Mr Martin.