Calls to revisit private hospital deal as beds lying empty despite €115m-per-month cost to taxpayer

Senior doctors are calling on the Government to revisit a taxpayer-funded €115m-a-month deal with private hospitals as three-quarters of their beds lie empty.
Calls to revisit private hospital deal as beds lying empty despite €115m-per-month cost to taxpayer
Wed, 29 Apr, 2020 - 07:20
Catherine Shanahan

An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar (left) and Minister for health Simon Harris at Government Buildings, Dublin. (Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland/PA Wire)
An Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar (left) and Minister for health Simon Harris at Government Buildings, Dublin. (Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland/PA Wire)

Senior doctors are calling on the Government to revisit a taxpayer-funded €115m-a-month deal with private hospitals as three-quarters of their beds lie empty.

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