Labour Issue Notice to Private Hospital Developers on Co-Location

4 Responses to “Labour Issue Notice to Private Hospital Developers on Co-Location”

1. # Comment by Brian Boru May 15th, 2007 16:05

   This is an ideological rather than rational stance. In France, with one of the best health-services in Europe, 30% of hospitals are private providing 15% of bed-capacity. By taking this stance, the Rainbow would delay by years the 2,000 extra beds they are promising. The reality is that it takes private-hospitals are far shorter time to be build relative to public-hospitals e.g. the Beacon Hospital was built in 2 yrs compared to 12 yrs for Tallaght Hospital. Labour’s reasons for opposing private-hospitals owe more to protecting the power of their union-bankrollers than any real belief that their position is in the interests of patients. The unions gravitate to monopolies because it allows them to hold the country to ransom like is happening now.

2. # Comment by A May 15th, 2007 17:05

   Ridiculous – does the Labour party not know that once a contract has been entered into (which it has), you cannot just rescind that contract because Pat Rabitte wants to. I agree with Brian Boru – we need private hospitals.

3. # Comment by Mark Waters May 16th, 2007 13:05

   I’ve no problem with private health care just as long as it’s not being subsidised by the tax payer and as long as it’s not interfering with the public system. Mary Harney agrees:

   “The Minister for Health, Mary Harney, has told RTÉ that she believes that the practice of private fee earning within public hospitals needs to be reformed, but that this was a matter for the HSE and not her department.”

   Nice side-step there Mary. See, the HSE is not totally useless, it’s a handy way to pass the buck.

Trackbacks & Pingbacks

1. May 16th, 2007
   WEB ROUNDUP - DAY 17 - KICKASS CUCKOOS at Irish Election

Post a comment below: