We need to get religion out of our hospitals

I am very concerned by the allegations of modern medical procedures being restricted in St Vincent’s hospitals on Catholic, faith-based grounds. For anyone to reject access to modern medical procedures, which are freely available around the world, is a disgrace and morally wrong.

Access to medical care and procedures should not be a matter that religious beliefs play any role in. These hospitals are publicly funded and if these services are being denied to people it would be a national scandal.

Once again we can see the Catholic Church having an interfering effect on matters of the State if it is the case.