Top doctor hits out at hospital as religious row grows

The row between the National Maternity Hospital and St Vincent’s Hospital over their co-location plans has deepened after a top obstetrician said the latter’s insistence on giving its Catholic-ethos board control over its new neighbour made no sense.

Dr Peter Boylan said there is now a concern that the move by the NMH from its overcrowded and outdated building on Holles St to new facilities on the St Vincent’s campus in south Dublin would not go ahead.

Dr Boylan is a consultant at the NMH, a former master of the hospital, and current chair of the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Ireland.