Multiple operating theatres in the National Children's Hospital are in need of "minor works" due to a "potential issue" with the air ventilation system, the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board has said.
The public first heard about this issue yesterday morning when Sinn Fein's health spokesperson David Cullinane told RTE about a "very serious" fault with the air ventilation system in the operating theatres. He said it could potentially add "tens of millions to the cost of the children's hospital" and take up to twelve additional months for the completion of the changes.
He said: "An external company was brought in to look at the ventilation system and warned that there were difficulties and problems. The board knew about it in May of last year. The source that I spoke to again this morning, and this is somebody at the heart of this project, tells me that this is very, very serious."
