Paediatrician criticised over claims about national children’s hospital

The professor of paediatrics and child health at UCC has criticised another leading paediatrician, accusing him of making “misleading statements” when arguing against the choice of the St James’s Hospital site for the location of the new national children’s hospital.

Writing in today’s Irish Examiner, Jonathan Hourihane describes the views of retired consultant paediatric oncologist, Fin Breatnach, who favours a site off the M50, next to Connolly Memorial Hospital, as “egregiously incorrect”.

Dr Breatnach, who wrote in this paper on December 5, said the St James’s site was chosen “without a single report ever recommending it and without the involvement of either parents or staff”.