Exclusive - disused hospital with no patients that's costing our health service - that's you - more than £400,000 and counting

Feb 20, 2019, 09:43 AM

The Nolan Show has discovered under a Freedom of Information request that it has cost over £400,000 for round the clock security at a hospital that's been closed for a year and a half. The former Tyrone County Hospital in Omagh shut for good in June 2017. But 18 months on the Western Trust revealed it has paid out £410,000 to a security firm to protect the site - why? Because according to them there's still high value equipment inside. The Trust says it has a duty of care to protect the public and insure no one breaks into the now vacant buildings on the 20 acre site - but why is it taking so long to put it on the open market and is it value for money? Stephen got reaction from SDLP health spokesperson Mark H Durkan, Joe McCusker from Unison and we took you calls.