Health chief: ‘Portlaoise patients at risk’ over inaction by minister

Dr Susan O’Reilly has warned that Portlaoise Hospital continues to have “irresolvable clinical risks”

Minister for Health Simon Harris PIc: RollingNews.ie

Minister for Health Simon Harris’s failure to engage and address safety concerns at Portlaoise Hospital is putting patients at risk, the hospital group chief and senior doctors in the health service have alleged.

In a scathing attack,Dr Susan O’Reilly, who is chief executive of the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group, warned Portlaoise Hospital continued to have “irresolvable clinical risks” thanks to the “inordinate delay” in implementing an action plan that was submitted to the ...