CMO said ministers should ‘hang their heads in shame’ during pandemic
Northern Ireland’s chief medical officer (CMO) sent a message stating that Stormont ministers who could not agree on lockdown measures as Covid infections rose in 2020 should “hang their heads in shame”, a public inquiry has heard.
Dr Sir Michael McBride, Stormont’s chief medical officer, became emotional as he told the UK Covid-19 Inquiry how he sent the WhatsApp message in relation to the case of a father in hospital who had said goodbye to his family on FaceTime.
Sir Michael also told how leaks of Executive meetings to the media were “deeply, deeply undermining” and created huge distrust between ministers.
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