However these problems will remain as long as the system here in Ireland is completely weighed down in bureaucracy. Again I suppose it depends on the hospital too.

Steph – I think most Doctors and Professors of his age and vintage are of a different ilk to the ones us mere mortals meet. That is back in the days when who you know got you the job, not what you know.

After todays (closed to the media) hearing, A Sinn Fein T.D. compared Drumm to Steve Staunton, the former R.O.I. football manager. i.e. he was a great player but than doesn’t make him a great manager. With Drumm he meant that he might be a world leading paediatrician (educated in Canada) but that doesn’t necessarily mean he is fit to control the entire health service.

As to the 90% satisfaction rate he must be listening to the very same people that told Bertie that a €31,000 pay rise was in order.

With all the shennanigans of the last few weeks it is plain and clear that the government and their advisors are purely made up of yes men and women. Who probably more than likely, would like to cling on to their jobs.

It’s really beyond a joke. Of course Mary Harney’s opinions on todays meeting was the only notiable exception, despite being the Minister for Health she was one of the only ones who didn’t make a comment. Go figure!

What planet does he live on?

Mary must have bribed him to say it, with one of her high-cal sandwiches!

Equal opportunity my aunt fanny!