Rotunda Hospital says thumbs-down for new €100m wing ‘devastating’, with premature babies impacted most
The Rotunda Hospital in Dublin, where Ms Kennedy's bowel cancer was spottedEilish O'Regan and Seán McCárthaighToday at 20:35The quashing of planning permission for a €100m critical care wing at Dublin’s Rotunda Maternity Hospital will have devastating consequences for the women and infants who trust the maternity facility with their care, the hospital has said.The Rotunda board, executive management team and staff said they were bitterly disappointed by the decision of An Coimisiún Pleanála to overturn Dublin city council’s planning permission for the essential development of the four-storey critical care wing, which would provide 80 additional beds.