Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny told the Dail that doctors with no connection to Galway University Hospital would be appointed to replace the ones removed from the inquiry panel.

BBC: Savita Halappanavar

Each hospital will carry out its own investigation, with the DoH internal inquiry looking into how Savile was appointed in 1988 to lead a taskforce overseeing management at the high security psychiatric hospital Broadmoor.

BBC: Jimmy Savile

In 1804, when an outbreak of yellow fever swept Gibraltar, ultimately causing almost 6, 000 deaths, Lord Nelson discharged Sir George from HMS Victory and appointed him superintendent of the territory's naval hospital.

BBC: Medals of Lord Nelson's surgeon auctioned

In May this year, senior NHS managers were appointed to run four hospitals classified as failing in the 2001 hospital ratings.

BBC: Private firms named for NHS role

The South West of England's biggest hospital - Derriford in Plymouth - has appointed three directors to its board, following claims in May of a "leadership vacuum".

BBC: Derriford Hospital appoints three new directors

Meanwhile, ministers sent from London, or bodies appointed by them, could be relied on to take the difficult decisions on, say, school funding or hospital closures.

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Koop was appointed surgeon-in-chief at Children's Hospital in Philadelphia and served as a professor at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

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