Article: Children's hospital has adequate funds - HSE

OUR LADY'S children's hospital in Crumlin has adequate funds and its budget has increased by 37 per cent since 2005, Health Service Executive chief executive Brendan Drumm said yesterday.Prof Drumm said the hospital could save more than [euro]6 million without affecting patient services. He was speaking to the Oireachtas Health Committee. Its members had visited the hospital two weeks ago, following threats of ward closures to save money. Several committee members were sceptical of Prof Drumm's analysis and said it did not reflect what parents and hospital staff were telling them.

Prof Drumm rejected claims of a [euro]9 million cut to the hospital's budget and said figures provided by the ...

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