The best guarantee that Mallow stays open is that they can’t do without us

Dr Michael Pead on why the future of Mallow General Hospital is assured

I THINK when staff at Mallow General Hospital first heard that the HIQA investigation was going to occur, everyone was very upset and very paranoid.

I think the reason for this was because the only previous example of this type of investigation was in relation to Ennis General Hospital, and Ennis was very quickly almost closed as far as I understand it, on foot of HIQA’s findings, and it was felt that was a possibility here.