Letters to the editor: Sisters of Charity not involved in maternity hospital

Order announced last year that they were transferring their shares in St Vincent’s Healthcare Group to a new independent charity, St Vincent’s Holdings

The Religious Sisters of Charity resigned from St Vincent’s Healthcare Group’s board of directors four years ago. File picture: RollingNews.ie

‘State must own site for maternity hospital’ (Irish Examiner Letters, November 5) states incorrectly that the Religious Sisters of Charity have been involved in recent proposals by St Vincent’s Healthcare Group in relation to the governance and other matters in relation to the new national maternity hospital and the St Vincent’s Healthcare Group.

We resigned from St Vincent’s Healthcare Group’s board of directors four years ago. This ended our 186-year involvement in the management of St Vincent’s Hospital, which began in 1834, when Mary Aikenhead, foundress of the Congregation, established the first hospital in Ireland that freely admitted patients, irrespective of their race, creed, or ability to pay.