Covid-19: Hospital hits back after HSE chief blasts Beacon for not offering beds

Dublin's Beacon Hospital, a private hospital, has not agreed to a HSE surge capacity deal for public patients. Picture: Sasko Lazarov / RollingNews.ie

The chief executive of the HSE has lambasted Dublin’s Beacon private hospital for not offering beds, despite “extremely tightened up” capacity across the country during “the biggest health crisis in the history of the state”.

However, the hospital has said it is already "doing all that it can to support the public system".