FINE GAEL spokesman on health Dr James Reilly expressed his shock and disappointment yesterday after he was refused a meeting with the chief executive of the Mercy University Hospital, Cork, during a fact-finding trip.
Hospital chief executive Pat Madden told Fine Gael that on the instruction of his board of directors he was declining the request for a meeting.
Mr Madden has said he will arrange discussions with public representatives in the near future to discuss hospital issues.