Hopes CF unit will get tenders

CONSTRUCTION chiefs are confident many builders will be interested in the state’s “build now, get paid later” offer to develop the 120-bed unit at St Vincent’s University Hospital in Dublin, which will include dedicated facilities for cystic fibrosis patients.

Health Minister Mary Harney said payment would be at the end of the construction phase rather than in staged payments.

She expects the unit to be operational as early as 2011.