Mater trauma centre decision a risk to patients, Beaumont doctors claim Government’s decision criticised by staff at State’s main neurosurgery centre
Wed, Apr 28, 2021, 21:53 Beaumont Hospital: Doctors here say the decision will lead to a fragmented provision of services in Dublin. Photograph: Alan Betson
The decision to locate the State’s main trauma centre in Dublin’s Mater hospital has been strongly criticised by doctors at nearby Beaumont Hospital.
The decision, announced by Government on Tuesday, will compromise the safety of patients, brain specialists at Beaumont say.
“This is a poor decision that breaks with the rule followed internationally of co-locating major trauma centres with neurological centres,” Dr Donncha O’Brien, neurosurgeon at Beaumont Hospital, told The Irish Times.