The clinical director of Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan has said that critically ill patients in Co Meath “are not provided with the best opportunity of survival” at the hospital.
Controversy has rumbled over the future of Our Lady’s Hospital after the HSE announced on Monday the final phase for the Co Meath hospital becoming a “model 2” facility.
This will mean the intensive care unit and small emergency department will be closed and a 24/7 medical assessment unit will open instead, which the HSE says will still see around 80% of the 25-30 patients it currently sees daily. The hospital will also have a local injuries unit as part of this change.
