Dr Chris Fitzpatrick: “Consideration should be given to handing over the ownership of the site cost-free.” The proposed transfer of the National Maternity Hospital
to a religious-owned site at St Vincent’s Hospital is inappropriate and
insensitive, according to the doctor charged by the HSE with planning
the project.
Dr Chris Fitzpatrick, a former master of the Coombe, has thrown his weight behind fellow obstetrician Dr Peter Boylan by predicting the move would inevitably lead to conflicts of interest between doctors and the Catholic Church.