Hospital sorry over death of mother and newborn after fall
Marie Downey fell from bed while breastfeeding, son suffered irreversible brain injury
Rotunda process used to pick next master ‘needs to be challenged’
Top obstetrics and gynaecology expert echoes ‘outrage’ expressed by ‘dozens’ of doctors
Covid hospital admissions rose to 1,466 on Friday
Widespread cancellation of non-urgent care expected as cases set to rise further
Ireland’s baby-making business: From egg freezing to IVF and everything in between
Fertility has become a booming private industry in Ireland
Babies’ families contacted within weeks of organ incineration being discovered
Hospital wrote to families of dead infants to acknowledge serious error and offer apology
Cork hospital apologises over care of baby a day after birth
High Court told that triplet ‘suffered catastrophic injuries’ following birth in 2018
Cork women become first same-sex couple to both register as parents of newborn
‘It is monumental for us and a historic step towards LGBT+ equality,’ says couple
Baby it’s cold outside – meet the first babies born in Ireland in 2021
Brodie McWilliams Brown was born in Holles Street at four seconds past midnight
Almost 613,000 people now on hospital outpatient waiting lists
Backlog reaches new high as extra 59,383 join list since the start of the year
Some mothers highlight post-birth maternity care as needing improvement
Vast majority of women report a positive experience in hospitals, according to survey
Further €900,000 payment approved for boy ‘defied all odds’ despite brain injury
Jack Hegarty (5) previously got an interim payment of €1.7m over treatment in hospital
Newborns may be at risk due to pressure on hospitals, warn consultants
Four neonatal units do not have adequate isolation facilities, according to report
UCD scientists receive funding to develop Covid-19 early warning system
Research project is one of 11 to share a total of €1.4m in State’s response to pandemic
Positive lockdown influence credited with fall in pre-term births
Trend in maternity hospital marked by healthy living, say researchers
Coronavirus: Six hospitals in mid-west impose visitor ban
Ban is part of ‘extraordinary measures’ introduced ‘in the interests of patient safety’
Website launched to support women who suffer early miscarriages
Medically accurate information available to those losing baby in first trimester
Couple upset after hit-and-run destroys car week before woman due to give birth
Pregnant woman taken to hospital after stress of incident caused high blood pressure
Mid-West Type 1 diabetes patients offered ‘disgraceful’ services
Facilities and staff shortages compromising care for 2,000, Diabetes Ireland claims
Hospitals countrywide face strike action by support staff
Thousands of porters, caterers, healthcare assistants to be balloted over pay dispute
Boy who sued over birth settles action for €5 million
Evan Cullen (9) has cerebral palsy which also affects left side of his body
Abortion services: New counselling hotline goes live
My Options will provide the names of GPs and hospitals offering abortion services
Abortions will be free but some patients will have to pay for related drugs
Draft plans on terminations also call for conscientious objectors to opt out in 'timely manner'
Mothers criticised for having induced births ahead of Christmas and First Communions
‘Johnny taxpayer’ is being forced to pay for unnecessary inductions, conference hears
Nearly half a million outpatient appointments were missed last year
St James’s Hospital has one of the highest no-show rates nationally, figures show
Cork and Limerick nurses fear for winter as trolley numbers grow
‘If you want to torture people, send them to A&E’ – southern nurses hit out at lack of plan
Church ethics permeate private not public hospitals
Controversy about ethical codes overstates church influence in healthcare
Abortion debate: Eighth creates ‘inequalities’ in foetal abnormalities care
Gynaecologist: Doctors cannot provide same care to women having terminations abroad
Mother might still be alive but for Eighth Amendment – gynaecologist
Michelle Harte missed many weeks of cancer treatment due to Eighth – Prof Louise Kenny
Eighth Amendment causing uncertainty for doctors – gynaecologist
Irish women can be trusted to make the right decisions about their treatment, says medic
Fatal foetal abnormality: ‘The kindest thing for our baby was to terminate’
Couple told to wait for heartbeat to stop in pregnancy that would not go to full term
Project Ireland 2040: the infrastructure plan’s main points
Two plans to set out infrastructure priorities and plan regional development
Hopes for vaccination for Group B Streptococcus
In the meantime, screening at the onset of labour ‘would be very positive and help reduce damage until vaccination is available’
Detecting and treating seizures in newborn babies is a race against time
Researchers in Cork are now using Artificial Intelligence to detect seizures as they occur
Ireland’s ailing health service: What consultants say
Extracts from group’s submission highlight long wait times and management problems
Public or private: what’s the best way to have a baby?
Pricewatch: Should our pregnant reader give birth in the public or private system?
HSE fury over Simon Harris’s response on waiting lists
Officials who took part in TV debate felt they were ‘thrown under the bus’ by Minister
Cork maternity hospital defends outpatient waiting list length
Gynaecological outpatient waiting list shrank 20 per cent after audit, says chief
Documentary on hospital waiting lists ‘hard to watch,’ Taoiseach says
Simon Harris says health service decision making and not funding to blame for issue
Harris vows to reduce Cork maternity hospital waiting list
Unacceptable that over 4,200 women currently awaiting procedures - Minister
Cork hospital calls for €5m funding for gynaecological theatre
Second theatre critical to cutting 4,200 waiting list for gynaecological procedures
Twin boys among State’s first babies born in 2017
Rotunda Hospital welcomes year’s first child while Limerick home birth goes off script
Eighth Amendment not ‘satisfactory,’ doctor tells Citizens’ Assembly
Doctors find provisions of Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act ‘stressful and difficult’
Breast may be best, but sometimes a helping hand is needed
A day on the wards at Limerick University Maternity Hospital with a lactation consultant
Coping with the cost of a sick child
Taking care of a sick child for a number of years is very demanding on families
‘He died in my arms. We were absolutely devastated’
Sinéad Scanlon describes the traumatic birth and death of her son Milo in March 2015
Heartbroken mother lost baby after ‘hospital system errors’
Mother’s harrowing story to inquest of how ‘we watched him gasp ... he died in my arms’
Girl scarred when bandage left on head for 30 hours after birth
Liability admitted as child sued HSE over treatment following birth in Cork in 2011
Paging Dr Watson: IBM’s supercomputer in patient care
The machine can process big data and could offer new insights into medical treatment
Ruling means higher damages for victims of catastropic injuries
Appeal by HSE against basis on which €15.9m awarded to boy (9) is rejected
Cork professors named joint winners of researcher of the year award
Profs Geraldine Boylan and Louise Kenny are directors of UCC’s Infant Centre
Cork City Marathon produces first local winner since 2007
Cillian O’Leary is victorious in the men’s while Nollaigh Hunter takes the women’s
First baby born free of genetic disorder carried by parents
Child is first reported case in world free of parents’ mucolipidosis gene after PGD process
Christmas Day baby delivered on roadside in Co Cork
Mother and child both doing well after dramatic delivery en route to hospital
Infant loss the theme of artist’s project with bereaved parents
Exhibition opening in Galway will tour Limerick, Cork and Dublin
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