Hospital co-location plans a con
Look at the wildly fluctuating costs quoted on hospital beds. In 2002, for example, the cost of building a hospital bed was €125,000. In 2005, the same bed was reported to cost €500,000. In May 2006, the Health Minister claimed each bed cost €1m to build — an increase of almost 900% in four years. No explanation was given for this extraordinary leap in building costs.
Hospital running costs showed the same distressing tendency to jump.
