Belfast maternity hospital: Minister thought cost was ‘error’

“The hospital has been subject to delay after delay, year after year after year, and the consequence of that is that the price… the cost of building the hospital is now eye-watering,” he said.

“When I first saw it written down on a piece of paper I thought there had been a typographical error – it is phenomenally expensive.

“Having to spend the money to fix the PsA issue, particularly if the costs fall to the Trust, is going to put even more pressure on an increasingly pressurised budget.”

Pseudomonas does not usually affect healthy people, but infants and people with weakened immune systems are vulnerable.