Greens pledge to introduce 2,000 new acute beds

The Green Party today pledged to deliver 2,000 extra acute beds in its first five years if elected to Government on May 24.

Speaking at the launch of Party's policy document on hospitals and funding this morning, health spokesperson John Gormley TD said that the Green Party would also stop Minister for Health Mary Harney's “co-location” plans to build private hospitals on public land.