Over
600 turn out for maternity cuts protest
Ireland on Line 5 April '03
Over 600 people took part in the protest against proposed maternity
cuts in Dublin today. Speakers such as Denise Livingstone of
the Monaghan baby tragedy and Kathy Sinnott addressed the crowd,
who marched to Government buildings from the Garden of Remembrance
on Parnell Square.
Parents
march against
maternity hospital cutbacks
Ireland on Line 5 April '03
Parents and health professionals are taking to the streets of
Dublin today, to protest against planned cuts in hospital maternity
services
Minister
urged to reject maternity closures
Ireland
on Line 3 April '03
The Green Party has urged Health Minister Micheal Martin to
reject the recommendations of the Medical Manpower Forum, which
called for the closure of 12 maternity units throughout the
country.
Woman
who opted for homebirth
was refused hospital treatment
Wednesday, March 26, 2003
By Catherine Shanahan
A HEAVILY pregnant woman who sought treatment for bleeding at
the National Maternity Hospital was refused a scan unless she
abandoned plans for a homebirth.
Laura Burrell, 40, who had planned a homebirth with an independent
midwife, claims Holles Street refused to treat her last week
unless she transferred her care from her midwife to the hospital.
Ms Burrell, originally from South Africa, but now living in
Shankill, Co. Dublin, went to the hospital on the advice of
her midwife after experiencing some bleeding when she was almost
full-term....READ
4.5
million injuries award,
one of highest in state history
Independent, 26 Feb 2003
Striking
a balance
between medicine and the courts
Independent, 26 Feb 2003
Thousands
at risk in hospital plan
Irish Examiner, 21 Feb 03
2,000
protest at maternity unit closure
3 Feb 2003
Nearly 2,000 people attended a rally in Dundalk this afternoon
to protest against the closure of the Louth County Hospital’s
maternity unit.
Health
Board Challenges
Controversial Figures On Birth Procedures at WRH
11 Oct 2002
Maternity hospital warns it may limit numbers
1 August 2001 By Marie O'Connor
The National Maternity Hospital at Holles Street, has warned
that it may have to turn patients away until a midwifery crisis
in the major Dublin maternity hospitals is addressed.
College
chief bids to end hospital row
5 July 2002
The shortage was caused by the college’s decision to no longer
recognize the hospital as a training hospital for Anesthetist's.
Local independent TD Paudge Connolly said this was because of
the poor case mix on offer to junior doctors, particularly since
the closure of the hospital’s maternity unit last year
Declan Breathnach Vice-Chairman North Eastern Health Board
been lobbied by protesters outside the North Eastern Healthboard's
offices in Kells Co. Meath yesterday over the downgrading
of the Maternity Units in Dundalk and Monaghan hospitals.
Pic: by Tom Conachy |
Monaghan
Maternity services
Anglo Celt
1-Feb- 01
FOLLOWING a week of uncertainty dark clouds remains over the
maternity services at Monaghan General Hospital and Louth County
Hospital in Dundalk, despite a delegation from the North Eastern
Health Board meeting the Minister for Health on Tuesday night
seeking his intervention, writes Michael Cryan.
