Files show children's hospital cost overrun would have happened with other bidders

New documents show questions about whether the State could afford the new National Children's Hospital were raised by one of the boards responsible for building it.

The cost overrun at the new National Children's Hospital would have happened even if a different contractor had been selected, according to new documents from a meeting of a sub-committee of the board responsible for the development.

Questions were raised at the August meeting about whether the State could afford the project in its current state.