Medical indemnity is not an unholy mess

WE do not agree that the arrangements for medical indemnity for private practitioners are “an unholy mess born of bad business” (Irish Examiner, May 20).

Medical indemnity is not an unholy mess
Sat, 29 May, 2004 - 01:00

It may be unfortunate for the Medical Defence Union (MDU) that they apparently cannot gather enough in premium income to meet the insurers’ requirements, but this is really a matter for the MDU and their commercial insurance partner.

The Medical Protection Society (MPS) has provided indemnity on a not-for-profit, discretionary basis in Ireland for over 100 years and will continue to do so as long as our members wish us to.

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