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Consultant tells board of ‘serious errors of judgment’ at Dublin maternity hospital

In her April 7th letter, Prof Murphy said the master has “overall responsibility for the events relating to the vaccination of family members within the hospital and in a consultant’s home”. “This behaviour has been brought to the attention of the Medical Council and is likely to warrant a review process. He needs to stand aside in the best interests of the hospital,” she wrote. “It is the board’s responsibility to hold Dr O’Connell accountable for his ac...

Local gardaí or fire brigade staff were not offered leftover Covid-19 vaccines by doctors in the Coombe Hospital who gave the jabs to their own families, an independent review revealed yesterday. Coombe master Prof Michael O Connell, who was among doctors who gave left-over Covid-19 vaccines to own family members, told the review he thought of offering them to local gardaí or fire brigade staff but did not suggest it to colleagues. Prof O Connell – referred to a consultant C – in the rev...

Call for Coombe master to resign as report finds doctor took vaccines home Former master urges Dublin hospital chief to step down for undermining vaccine rollout about 2 hours ago Simon Carswell Public Affairs Editor Listen now 2:32 The Coombe: a former master of the hospital, Prof Chris Fitzpatrick, has called on Prof O’Connell to resign ‘in the interest of the hospital and in the pub...

Staff member at Dublin hospital takes vaccines home for family members The 16 doses were administered across eight families with two people being vaccinated in their home The Coombe Hospital Want the latest breaking news straight to your inbox? Sign up for our free newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Sign Up! When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Your information will be used in accordance with ourPrivacy Notic...

Coombe doctor brought Covid-19 vaccines home for family, review finds Dublin maternity hospital publishes lawyer’s report on vaccination of staff relatives Thu, Apr 1, 2021, 16:23 Updated: Thu, Apr 1, 2021, 18:10 The Coombe Women & Infants University Hospital, Dublin. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times   A medical consultant at the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital took doses out of the hospital to vaccinate family members at home, a review of vaccinations by the m...

Professor Michael O’Connell stood at the Coombe door and welcomed staff and local community healthcare workers inside.

Irish Independent he is known for his “professionalism and courtesy”. Over the next three days, medical staff worked meticulously taking five, sometimes six or seven doses, from each vial, mixing it with sodium chloride. Each dose was checked twice. In an interview with RTÉ, Prof OConnell explained that it has to be used within two hours once the vaccine is made up. Up to 50 people were vaccinated an hour, with five or six vaccinators working in rotation. By Friday night, all 1,100 staff h...

Covid-19 vaccine doses were given to 16 family members of the Coombe’s hospital staff