Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Monday, 16 May 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
New National Maternity Hospital: Discussion (Resumed)
Dr. John Holian:
Not particularly, but I will provide examples of why this initiative is so urgently required. There have been many occasions when I have been called upon by my colleagues in Holles Street to give a clinically urgent opinion in the setting of a high-risk pregnancy. At times, it is extraordinarily challenging for me to make it from St. Vincent's to Holles Street in a timeframe that the patient deserves. Removing not just the physical impediments but also the operational impediments that ownership alludes to will ensure that our focus, which is on delivering effective and timely patient care, is remedied.
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