HSE lack of accountability
Given the ongoing saga of scandal after scandal emanating from the HSE without any apparent recourse, it seems as if it operates as an independent entity accountable to no one.
In normal circumstances, the people who pay the bills and wages hold sway. The HSE and some other public sector organisations continue to operate as if they are answerable to no one.
In this most recent case, a mother who had just given birth to a dead baby was told that the baby would be buried within a week but instead was kept in a room within the hospital for four weeks.
Furthermore, the mother was told that she could not attend the burial for privacy and confidentiality reasons. The mind boggles.
This incident occurred not 20 or 30 years ago but last October in Letterkenny. The apology, when one arrived, was one of apparent condescension with little by way of acceptance that a wrong had been done to the mother.
