James Menton, of St Vincent’s hospital, Simon Harris and Rhona Mahony, of the NMH, promote the new hospital GARETH CHANEY COLLINSThe new National Maternity Hospital will not be run like a “convent”, the health minister has insisted. Simon Harris moved to reassure critics as a meeting of the board of Holles Street decided by a majority to give fresh backing to the new facility. Peter Boylan, the outspoken former master of the hospital, was not forced to resign from the board despite fractious recent exchanges with his successor, Rhona Mahony. While there was a discussion about public disquiet in relation to the ownership of the new hospital, Nicholas Kearns, deputy chairman of the board, said the meeting had reaffirmed the decision to move to the St Vincent’s campus in Elm Park, Dublin 4. “We welcomed the statement from St Vincent’s hospital and re-endorsed the commitment…

Source: The Times April 26, 2017 22:52 UTC