National Maternity Hospital Master says concerns over new facility 'don't hold water'

National Maternity Hospital Master says concerns over new facility 'don't hold water'

Dr Jennifer Walsh, Consultant Obstetrician/Gynaecologist at The National Maternity Hospital (NMH); Master of the NMH Professor Shane Higgins; and Ms Mary Brosnan, NMH director of Midwifery and Nursing, at a press briefing addressing concerns about the planned move of the National Maternity Hospital to St Vincent’s. Picture: Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie

The Master of the National Maternity Hospital has said that when one “drills down” into each of the issues being raised about the proposed new hospital site at St Vincent’s in Dublin, “none of them hold water”.

Asked about concerns raised by one of his predecessors Dr Peter Boylan, current NMH master Shane Higgins said he isn’t sure Dr Boylan “has the understanding of the proposed move and the detail” of it.

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