Boylan: Government can't guarantee Catholic ethos won't govern new National Maternity Hospital

Boylan: Government can't guarantee Catholic ethos won't govern new National Maternity Hospital

Dr Peter Boylan said the current plans could leave maternity services as a 'Cinderella service' within a larger hospital setting. Picture: Colin Keegan/ Collins 

The former master of the National Maternity Hospital has insisted questions still need to be answered about the relocation of the hospital and the involvement of any Catholic ethos.

Dr Peter Boylan has written to Taoiseach Micheál Martin about his serious concerns following the announcement by the Religious Sisters of Charity that they have transferred their shareholding in St Vincent’s Healthcare Group to St Vincent’s Holdings.

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