Twenty pregnant or postpartum women treated in ICU with Covid-19 since June
Further 1,845 new cases reported, 497 patients in hospital, 99 in intensive care
Some pregnant women refused Covid vaccine despite guideline change
‘It was a mixed experience – some got it, some didn’t,’ says Rotunda specialist
Schools waiting on Niac advice on masks for primary pupils, Foley says
Minister says if advice for pregnant teachers changes the department will implement it
Refusal to allow pregnant teachers to work remotely ‘unconscionable’
Trade unions say numbers involved would be small, with no impact on children’s education
Covid-19: Institute highlights disproportionate number of pregnant women in ICU
Expectant mothers urged to get vaccinated as Delta variant has greater risks
New Ireland: Building a better healthcare system for all
With a jaded workforce and mounting backlogs, there have been hard lessons from the pandemic. Experts prescribe the HSE’s best route forward
Why are women more hesitant to get the Covid-19 vaccine?
Experts cite fertility concerns, ‘conspirituality’ and distrust of the Irish health system
Covid-19 infection led to second trimester miscarriage - RCPI
Medical body links coronavirus-related infection of placenta to B117 strain
‘No evidence’ Covid-19 vaccine adversely affects pregnant women
Number of Covid-19 hospital patients drops below 400 for first time this year
Covid-19 and stillbirth: What does the latest research say about possible complications?
New warnings from HSE and obstetricians will add to concerns of expectant mothers
Advice on Covid-19 vaccine for pregnant women published
Pfizer/BioNTech jab should be given between 14th and 33rd weeks or delayed until after delivery
Medical Council makes fresh finding against obstetrician Peter Van Geene
Doctor was previously found guilty of poor professional performance over hysterectomy
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
Doctors should be paid more to work in provincial hospitals, conference told
Smaller hospitals need same level of funding earmarked for Dublin facilities – surgeon
Couple claims key documents were omitted from hospital file
Complaint to be made to Data Protection Commissioner about National Maternity Hospital
Screening services should not be paused after High Court ruling - Harris
Doctors concerned over ‘absolute confidence’ expectation following Ruth Morrissey case
‘I expected more protests’: Doctors on 100 days of abortion in Ireland
Those providing terminations since they become legal in January are keeping their heads down
Nurses’ initial one-day strike gets widespread backing
Prominent doctors line up to support fellow health professionals but wary note also sounded
Foetal anomaly cases require ‘teams of doctors’
Guidelines indicate foetal medicine specialist should be involved once a diagnosis is made
Woman refused abortion says she was told of fatal abnormality
Coombe says medics not of opinion foetus would die before or within 28 days of birth
Surgical terminations after 12 weeks unlikely to be widely available this year
New guidelines on treatment of babies with fatal foetal anomalies published
Abortion guidelines for girls under 15 cause unease among doctors
Access to services without parental consent to be had in ‘exceptional circumstances’
Introduction of abortion ‘not like flicking a switch’, says Varadkar
Taoiseach gives first signal termination may be introduced on phased basis
Obstetricians want delay to abortion services over safety fears
Health professionals have ‘serious concerns’ January 1st introduction is being rushed
HSE ordered to ensure abortion availability from January 1st
Department asks all 19 maternity units for updates on abortion services rollout
Abortion services helpline being finalised for new year
Helpline should be in place for early new year, when abortion services are due to begin
Doctors remain central protagonists in State’s reproductive health history
President signed Bill repealing Eighth into law, but it will be doctors implementing it in a clinical setting
Doctors call for legislation to protect conscientous objectors in abortion services
Nurses and midwives hope ‘current protections will apply in the future’
Medical Council guidelines not centred on patients – Scally report
Council urged to strengthen guide to put practice of open disclosure beyond doubt
Miriam Lord: Male TDs are out of step as women stride forward
Meanwhile, Fianna Fáil casts an envious eye over Social Democrat talent
RTÉ received 1,277 complaints about abortion debate
More than 90% of those contacting broadcaster felt Yes campaign treated unfairly
Ireland votes to remove constitutional ban on abortion by resounding two-thirds majority
Thirty-five years after its introduction, Eighth Amendment repealed after bitter campaign
Abortion referendum: Yes secures landslide victory
Government hopes legislation on abortion will be implemented by the end of the year
Obstetricians’ body recommends Yes vote in abortion referendum
College ready to train Irish doctors to provide abortion services if referendum is passed
Obstetricians and Gynaecologists to hold meeting on abortion
Doctors to discuss proposed abortion legislation but opposing views likely to surface
Government will seek to ban late-term abortions
Initiative to take effect if the Eighth Amendment removed from Constitution
Dr Peter Boylan: No late-term abortions in case of Repeal
He rejected claims that terminations will be performed up until late stages of pregnancy
Repeal campaigners to focus on ‘care, compassion, change’
Abortion vote: Together4Yes launches campaign to remove the Eighth Amendment
Obstetricians and midwives on what they learned from giving birth
Do medical mothers-to-be put themselves under additional pressure to be ‘uncomplicated, low-key patients’?
Medical professionals will be able to object to providing terminations
GPs, obstetricians and gynaecologists will be allowed to conscientiously object
Many in Leinster House unnerved by 12 weeks proposal
‘Genie is out of the bottle in respect of online access to the abortion pill’
‘Disgusting’ to describe use of Down Syndrome boy in campaign as child abuse
Taoiseach ‘being cynical’ as most politicians ‘shift their position for political reasons’
Child with Down Syndrome to feature in anti-abortion billboard campaign
New ‘Disability Voices for Life’ group to be launched in Dublin on Tuesday
Focus on Down syndrome in Eighth debate wrong, leading medic says
Identification of syndrome in first 12 weeks of pregnancy highly unlikely, Peter Boylan says
Ronan Mullen strongly criticised for comments on Savita
With ‘abortion on demand she wouldn’t have been in hospital because she wouldn’t have been pregnant’
Committee votes not to retain Eighth Amendment in full
Proposal made by SF, seconded by FF; McGrath, Mullen, Fitzpatrick vote against
Citizens’ Assembly proposals on Eighth Amendment are ‘confusing’
Legal advice raises concerns about language used in the group’s recommendations
Abortion pills for sale online mean ‘genie is out of the bottle’, says Boylan
The constitutional ban on abortion is ‘unworkable’, Prof Boylan will tell the Oireachtas committee on the Eighth Amendment on Wednesday
Peter Boylan: Big problems remain over new NMH structure
Bizarrely, the board of the maternity hospital would have no role in clinical governance
Peter Boylan: ‘I’ve been vilified by a lot of people’
Interview: Ex-master of Holles St says had obligation to speak out on transfer of NMH
Peter Boylan: New maternity hospital should not be given to Sisters of Charity
The religious order disagrees with modern maternity and gynaecological care
New mothers’ mental health problems ignored, committee hears
Lack of provision for services ‘not acceptable’, says chair of obstetricians’ body
Pioneering IVF practitioner Prof Robert Harrison dies aged 76
Founder of Hari unit carried out first IVF procedure at St James’s Hospital in 1985
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