Death of a child, shame of a nation

COLLECTIVELY, the Government should hang its head in shame.

Cabinet ministers must bear a large measure of blame for the circumstances leading to the tragic death of two-year-old Róisín Ruddle, who was sent home to save €1,000.

Róisín’s parents had to take her home from Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin when doctors were forced to cancel heart surgery due to a shortage of intensive care nurses, caused by financial cutbacks in the health service.