HSE refuses to discuss TB outbreak

SENIOR health managers declined to discuss at a public forum one of the country’s worst outbreaks of TB in recent years.

Pat Healy, the regional director of operations for the Health Service Executive (HSE) South, told members of the HSE regional health forum meeting that it would not be appropriate to have a public debate on the outbreak in Cork, which has infected at least 40 people, until the investigation is complete.

“This approach is in line with international best practice,” Mr Healy said.