Michael Cullen, CEO of the Beacon Hospital
It is also expected to be reviewed by the Medical Council, which is the regulator for the medical profession. One senior obstetrician colleague, Professor Chris Fitzpatrick, has already said Professor O Connell should resign.
The Government has meanwhile heaped pressure on the board of the privately owned Beacon hospital to deal with Michael Cullen, who is also a director and shareholder. The board last week appointed a top lawyer, Eugene McCague, to carry out an independent review. Paul Reid, the chief executive of the HSE, said last week that such cases were in a minority and he also suggested the HSE monitor and audit the administration of vaccines. The HSE has been unable to disclose to this newspaper and others how many suspected or reported cases there have been of the vaccine being administered to people out of turn.
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An independent review of the Covid-19 vaccination programme at the Coombe hospital has found that a consultant brought some vaccine home and administered it to two family members.
Earlier this year, the Coombe Women & Infants University Hospital apologised for the vaccination of 16 family members of the employees at the hospital on 8 January.
An independent review into the controversy was carried out by Brian Kennedy SC.
After discussing the findings, the hospital board said: Despite the mitigating factors, and the overall success of the vaccine programme, the Board is disappointed that 16 family members were vaccinated with leftover vaccines. This should not have happened.
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 maternity hospital has found.
A lawyer asked to investigate the vaccination of family members of staff with leftover doses in January disclosed details of the vaccinations in a report published by the hospital on Thursday.
Two Covid-19 vaccines were brought home and given to family of staff at the Coombe Hospital, an independent review into 16 vaccines given to family members has found.