Mount Carmel makes senior appointments

Mount Carmel Hospital in Dublin says Prof Sean Daly and Dr Michael O’Connell, both consultants at the Coombe Women’s Hospital, have joined its obstetrician and consultant team. The move bolsters Mount Carmel’s private maternity care offering at a time when the sector has been under pressure due to the fall in the number of people with private health insurance. There had been speculation within medical circles in relation to Mount Carmel’s obstetric unit, given the retirement next month of clinical lead DrJulian Dockeray and the rising cost of insurance for doctors providing private obstetric care. One of the insurers providing cover for private obstetricians recently increased its premiums by 30 per cent.

The favourite is Centric Health, which operates a primary care centre in Newbridge, Co Kildare. Founded by Dr Ray Power and Dr Maurice Cox in 2003, it also provides medical recruitment and testing, and diagnostic imaging services. (Times) >