Unreliable service is ‘a horror story’, says father

MEADHBH McGivern’s father has said that he was shocked at a report’s finding that no single body had overall responsibility for co-ordinating travel plans for patients requiring transplant surgery in Britain.

Joe McGivern yesterday expressed concern that the report by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) had concluded that the system for arranging such flights was not designed to be reliable.

“That is the stuff of horror stories,” remarked Mr McGivern.