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Tue 06 Jun 2004Row escalates over medical insurance coverDISPUTE: In a major escalation of the row over medical insurance cover for doctors, one of the main medical defence organisations has accused its counterpart of "holding a gun to the head of both the Department of Health and the medical profession", writes Dr Muiris Houston, Medical CorrespondentDisputeDr John Hickey, chief executive of the Medical Protection Society (MPS), told The Irish Times that the Medical Defence Union's (MDU) recent threat to refuse to indemnify consultant obstetricians in the Republic was morally wrong.