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Ireland’s planning authority blocked a critical care expansion at Rotunda Hospital, citing outdated plans and inadequate neonatal facilities, sparking outcry over patient safety and urgent need for improved care.
Ireland’s government and hospital officials are outraged after the national planning authority overturned Dublin City Council’s approval for a four-storey critical care extension at Rotunda Hospital, citing inadequate neonatal facilities where extremely premature infants are currently cared for in a single, overcrowded room.
Hospital leaders say the current setup, with babies as young as 22 weeks sharing limited space, fails modern medical standards and increases infection risks.
The reversal, linked to outdated plans to relocate the hospital, has prompted calls for a judicial review or a scaled-down proposal, with officials stressing the urgent clinical need for improved care.
La autoridad de planificación de Irlanda bloqueó una expansión de cuidados intensivos en el Hospital Rotunda, citando planes obsoletos y instalaciones neonatales inadecuadas, lo que provocó protestas por la seguridad de los pacientes y la necesidad urgente de una atención mejorada.