Private hospitals ‘takeover’ by State will not be extended past June

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The Government’s controversial takeover of the country’s private hospitals to provide the health service with extra capacity to deal with Covid-19 patients is to end in June in its current form.

The HSE will also seek to retain some capacity in private hospitals to have patients who do not have Covid-19 treated in their facilities. The level of capacity which the State will retain in private hospitals is expected to be worked out in talks over the coming four weeks.

 

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