Critically ill patients in Meath ‘not given best opportunity of survival’

Minister for Justice and Meath East TD Helen McEntee speaking during a press briefing (PA)

The clinical director of Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan has said that critically ill patients in Co Meath “are not provided with the best opportunity of survival” at the hospital.

Controversy has rumbled over the future of Our Lady’s Hospital after the HSE announced on Monday the final phase for the Co Meath hospital becoming a “model 2” facility.