Holles St hospital building to be sold
On Thursday, it was announced that a governance agreement had been reached between St Vincent’s Hospital Group and the National Maternity Hospital, and that a state-of-the-art obstetrics facility would built at the St Vincent’s campus by 2021.
“We regard the building in Holles Street as currently owned by women. It’s held in trust by governors.
“When we are ready, the building will be sold,” Dr Rhona Mahony, the master of the National Maternity Hospital said.
The National Maternity Hospital was first established in 1894, but attempts to relocate from Holles Street began 20 years ago.
“Since 1998, we have been trying to move our hospital,” Dr Mahony said.
She also said that the sale proceeds would go towards the new maternity hospital, in Dublin 4.
“The proceeds of the building will go to the HSE, to be reinvested in this project, to build a hospital for women, because the building we own now is owned by women, it’s for women, and it is quite fitting, and proper, that when it is sold that the proceeds will go to the new maternity hospital that will continue for generations to deliver state-of-the-art care,” Dr Mahony said.
Minister for Health, Simon Harris, announced on Thursday that an agreement had been reached between the two hospitals, which paved the way for the new facility.
He said that the National Maternity Hospital was in serious need of an infrastructural overhaul.
“It is clearly from an infrastructural point of view, in such significant need of moving to a new, improved, modern facility,” Mr Harris said.
