Five-month delay in religious order’s handover of Vincent’s ownership

Dept of Health trying to finalise an agreement under which the new hospital building would remain in state ownership

A decision has still not been reached on who will own the new National Maternity Hospital, some five months after the deal was expected to be finalised.

The Department of Health has been trying to finalise an agreement under which the new hospital building would remain in state ownership for some time even though it is being built on the hospital campus owned by St Vincent’s Healthcare Group (SVHG).

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