Top role in cardiology at Mater Hospital ‘had no applicants’

Nobody has applied for the job of consultant cardiologist at the Mater Hospital in Dublin, despite the fact that the service dealing with adult congenital heart defects at the hospital has been stretched to breaking point.

Taoiseach Enda Kenny said that money is available to hire an additional consultant to deal with the rising number of patients attending the Mater with adult congenital heart defects but that nobody has applied.

Cardiologists at the Mater have warned that more resources are urgently needed. The two consultants working in the service say they are dealing with around 4,000 patients, without adequate resources, staffing levels or laboratories.