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Mon 01 Jan 2007'Madness' to locate children's hospital on two sitesIt was "absolute madness" to suggest a national children's hospital could be divided between two sites, the chief executive of the Health Service Executive Prof Brendan Drumm has said.He felt such a decision could be challenged under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. "A country has to provide the best possible care it can for children based on its economic capacity," he added.