Mount Carmel’s services aimed at serving mother rather than child

The hospital will close in something over a week with the tragic loss of 300 jobs. Booked-in mothers have been sent into orbit but most will be facilitated at the Coombe or the National Maternity Hospital.
There are terrible stories of personal loss hidden behind these newspaper headlines. But the fact that Nama closed the hospital demonstrates that we shouldn’t rely on private interests to deliver basic health care.