To cut through the noise of the renewed debate surrounding the transfer of the National Maternity Hospital (NMH) to St Vincent’s campus, it is useful to look at the project through the prism of mergers and acquisitions. This is exactly what we are talking about here, rather than the mere geographical co-location of two medical institutions side by side. Under the agreement brokered by mediator Kieran Mulvey in November 2016, St Vincent’s Healthcare Group (SVHG), through a new subsidiary, would acquire the assets and liabilities of the NMH. The existing NMH entity would continue to appoint directors to the subsidiary.…

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