Media Statement - Interim Chair of the Board of WNWHG

At an extraordinary meeting of the board of the West / North West Hospitals Group on Monday June 16th, board member Dr John Killeen agreed to take on the voluntary role of interim chair pending the imminent appointment of a new chairperson by the Minister for Health.

Dr Killeen joined the board in January 2013. He is an engineer by profession and a native of County Roscommon who became an Honorary Freeman of Galway City in 2012.

The next meeting of the board will take place as scheduled in Sligo Regional Hospital on July 1st 2014.