VHI refuses to cover Bons extension

BON SECOURS, the country’s largest private healthcare provider, has been refused cover by VHI for a planned €80m extension at its Cork hospital.

This brings to three the private healthcare providers refused cover for new facilities in Cork city in the past year. They include:

* Cork Medical Centre (CMC), backed by Sheehan Medical Ltd, which closed in March with the loss of 75 jobs after VHI refused to provide cover for its customers at the facility.