Sign up to The Irish Times Archive (1859 - 2008)My Account »

Sat 05 May 2004Facilitator sought in insurance disputeHospital consultants yesterday called for the appointment of an independent facilitator to oversee talks on the provision of professional insurance cover amid claims that doctors could be made "bankrupt" without a resolution of the issue.he Irish Hospital Consultants Association (IHCA) accused the Department of Health and the Medical Defence Union (MDU) of conducting negotiations in a "haphazard manner".