Pregnant and seeking asylum: ‘Imagine the journey some of these women have been on’
Coombe hospital-linked Daisy Clinic provides maternity and gynaecological care to pregnant women who are within the international protection system
Coombe Hospital
Hospitals want Coalition to set out funding over several years as in case of RTÉ
Voluntary hospitals also warn on cost of boosting cybersecurity and weight of accumulated deficits of more than €340m
Midwife believes her baby ‘would likely be still with us’ without delays in Coombe treatment
Sarah Ladola tells Dublin District Coroner’s Court she felt ‘comfort that I was in good hands and in a familiar environment’ at Coombe Hospital
Large public hospitals warn they could have to curtail or close services as deficits exceed €340m
Voluntary hospitals tell HSE they are facing ‘critical liquidity issues’
Parents of girl who developed meningitis settle case with €2.6m interim payment
High Court told Soliat Asiyanbi (10) suffered brain damage, has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair
Girl (7) settles High Court action over burn for €320,000
Girl suffered a chemical-type burn as a newborn baby after, it was claimed, a wipe was left in her incubator at the Coombe hospital in Dublin
Talks in Coombe Hospital craft workers’ technology dispute set for WRC
The union has argued its members should be entitled a share of any savings made through the increased use of hand-held devices.
New Rotunda outpatient and ambulatory services to be in revamped Clerys Quarter
New centre in the Earl Building will cost more than €40m, and will provide over 100,000 appointments annually
Coombe lab resumes CervicalCheck work after six-month interruption
National Screening Service says accreditation issues of cervical cancer screening lab have been resolved
Woman claims she lost twin baby due to hospital’s refusal to give her a C-section after waters broke
Chunling Chen told Dublin District Coroner’s Court her requests for interpreter were denied and said staff had dismissed her concerns saying ‘this is not China’
Coombe apologises to baby boy brain damaged after skull haemorrhage went undiagnosed
Jack Clavin, who is now six years old and has haemophilia, also has a range of difficulties and falls a number of times a day
Girl with cerebral palsy settles court action over birth circumstances for €6.5m
The girl’s parents became alarmed when they noticed the child did not reach certain milestones such as walking
Beds in €1bn HSE capital plan below level needed to cater for growing population
More than 260 hospital beds will be completed this year under infrastructure plan for health
Chris Fitzpatrick: Why not make a midwife ‘master’ of a Dublin maternity hospital?
There’s no reason a master must be an obstetrician, no excuse for the inequalities of a three-tier care system
Only ‘limited assurance’ over hospital’s early warning system of illness in pregnant women
HSE audit finds no record of how many staff at Coombe hospital understood early detection system
‘Your baby has died,’ the nurse told me. The hospital hadn’t a clue what to do next
Thirty-nine years later, we were able to register the stillbirth of our baby daughter Susan on May 13th, 1983
Processing of cervical cancer slides restarts in Coombe after break of over a year
New National Cervical Screening Laboratory plans to process all CervicalCheck slides within five years
Dr Cillian de Gascun: ‘Notwithstanding what happened in 2018, this is a positive news story’
Paul Cullen talks to the head of the NCSL, Ireland’s new dedicated cervical screening lab, built so that Irish women’s samples no longer need to be sent abroad.
Ireland’s first babies of 2023 welcomed minutes after midnight
One of the first newborns of new year, a boy named Harry, was born at 12.03am at the National Maternity Hospital, Dublin
‘We have patients aged 40, 45 or 50 having babies all the time now,’ says outgoing master of Rotunda Hospital
‘About 95 per cent of cases of prenatally diagnosed Down syndrome do terminate’
High Court approves €35,000 payment to mother of baby who died day after birth
The baby’s father died in a road traffic accident three years after the death of his son
Teenage boy settles case over post-birth care for €15 million
Liability was conceded but claims concerning an alleged link to autism were denied
All cervical cancer tests sent to US since cyberattack last December
National Cervical Screening Lab set to begin operations at the Coombe hospital in Dublin later this year
Mother (24) died as a result of medical misadventure, inquest finds
Karen McEvoy died on Christmas Day 2018 a week after giving birth to daughter Ruby
‘Missed opportunities’ to identify mother’s sepsis, inquest hears
Karen McEvoy (24) died on Christmas day, 2018, one week after giving birth
Medical Council took no regulatory action over Coombe vaccine controversy
Leftover vaccines administered to 16 family members of staff ahead of priority groups
The 14-bed Dublin house whose ever-changing group of residents have one thing in common
‘We can all make a difference,’ says founder of home for parents of children in hospitals
Coombe apologises over ‘failings in care’ of mother who died of sepsis
Karen McEvoy (24) had given birth to her third child a week before she died in 2018
Labour of love: Coombe mothers reunite annually to celebrate their babies’ birth
Families celebrate 30 years of friendship formed in the labour ward
Boy settles High Court shoulder injury case for €600,000
Matthew Meehan (12), has balance and coordination issues after forceps delivery
Husband of Coombe-vaccinations critic claims hospital trying to silence her
Hospital seeking to ‘threaten’ consultant Deirdre Murphy, husband writes to Minister
Pregnant Senator calls for partners to be allowed attend maternity appointments
Eileen Flynn says same rules should apply in all hospitals amid variations in access
Coombe master must resign after ‘serious errors’ in vaccine scandal, board told
Prof Michael O’Connell ‘no longer commands respect of colleagues’, consultant says
Vaccination of family members at Coombe was ‘consensus decision’ – report
Medical Council to review findings of report into vaccine controversy at Dublin hospital
Public’s loss of faith in fairness of vaccine rollout must be addressed
Analysis: ‘Queue jumping’ and lack of transparency compounding anger over progress
Non-frontline HSE staff in Offaly get Covid vaccine to avoid ‘wastage’
HSE says it uses a ‘reserve list which is activated when surplus vaccine is available’
Lack of trust causing women to put their lives at risk, CervicalCheck warns
Recruitment difficulties jeopardise plans to transfer lab work from the US to Ireland
‘It hurts when my mum is reduced to the colour of her skin in Ireland’
New to the Parish: Sara Abraham arrived from India in 2006
Covid-19: Almost 800 people outside top two priority groups have been vaccinated
Government officials working on who will be vaccinated in sixth ‘key workers’ group
Vaccinated Coombe hospital family members offered second dose
Dublin maternity hospital carried out second round of vaccinations over recent days
Coombe begins investigation into vaccination of family members of staff
Dublin maternity hospital holds independent review given ‘serious nature’ of incident
HSE to compile report into non-frontline staff receiving vaccines
Minister to meet chair of Coombe after family members of staff given ‘spare’ Covid-19 jabs
Donnelly insists clear protocol in place on vaccines after Harris comments
Minister urges colleagues to come to him with questions after criticism over Coombe controversy
Regulator receives 81 reports of suspected Covid-19 vaccine side effects
Joint pain, nausea, fatigue and headache among reactions reported to Irish regulations
Hospitals in south and southwest getting lion’s share of Covid vaccines
Rollout under scrutiny after families of staff at Coombe hospital given leftover doses
Ex-master of Coombe Hospital seeks inquiry over Covid vaccine row
Chris Fitzpatrick stresses ‘transparency, equity and accountability’ in eyes of public
Coombe vaccine usage symptomatic of rollout issues
Hospitals have previously had to make up their own rules for allocating supplies
Women who go private to give birth more likely to have Caesarean
Study suggests women going private are ‘risk-averse’ and want continuity of care
Maternity services: ‘Nobody has seen Covid and flu together yet – that’s the scary part’
This year the Rotunda is looking at the possibility of making flu vaccine available at ante-natal visits
Study will examine if lockdown impacts level of allergies among newborns
1,000 babies born between March and May will be looked at
Has lockdown reduced the number of premature babies? This doctor thinks so
Covid-19 restrictions have meant a healthier lifestyle for pregnant women, studies suggest
Covid-19: Pregnant women report significant rise in anxiety
Coombe hospital study found women were least concerned about their own health
Fintan O’Toole: We must not allow coronavirus pandemic to rob us of grief
There is no such thing as mass death – people die one by one and each is unique
The Coombe unlikely to be moved to new site at children’s hospital ‘for years’
New master of maternity hospital believes move will not happen in his seven-year term
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