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InvestigatesBirth Choice
Labour room built for less medicalised births cost €100,000 but rarely used
The suite in Sligo University Hospital is often called ‘the good sitting room’ by frustrated mothers and birth workers.
The Suaimhneas Room is the only delivery suite in the hospital that complies with modern infrastructure guidelines
Almost 40 women told The Journal Investigates about how this impacted them
Midwife: 'They’re not facilitating what the women need'
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