# maternity - Friday 8 January, 2021
# Pregnancy
# Pregnancy
Some hospitals adapted their visiting restrictions for difficult situations such as pregnancy loss, stillbirth and unexpected complications.
# maternity - Tuesday 5 January, 2021
# Maternity
# Maternity
Correspondence sent to the health minister reveals emotional pleas for the restrictions to be lifted.
# maternity - Friday 18 December, 2020
# Maternity
# Maternity
Professor Sarah Childs from the University of London and Dr Fiona Buckley of UCC say we should look to the UK changes for MPs and maternity leave and get on with necessary reform here.
# maternity - Tuesday 15 December, 2020
# Maternity Services
# Maternity Services
The rally was held at the Coombe Maternity Hospital at 5pm.
# maternity - Friday 4 December, 2020
# Miscarriage
# Miscarriage
Clare Cullen describes her experience of miscarriage in a hospital without her husband, due to Covid restrictions.
# maternity - Wednesday 12 August, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
Many neonatal units have no isolation facilities to deal with coronavirus patients.
# maternity - Sunday 27 October, 2019
# 21st Century Workplace
# 21st Century Workplace
Complaints are on the rise amid legislative changes and growing global awareness of gender-related issues.
# maternity - Tuesday 23 July, 2019
# maternity - Tuesday 29 January, 2019
# Opinion
# Opinion
Midwives didn’t pick the job for the money, but they want their skills to get the same recognition as other healthcare professionals, Maeve Gaynor writes.
# maternity - Wednesday 23 January, 2019
# Boohoo
From The Daily Edge
# maternity - Monday 31 December, 2018
# Last Day
# Last Day
The Health Minister called her “a leading voices for women’s rights”.
# maternity - Thursday 21 June, 2018
# It's A Girl
# It's A Girl
Jacinda Ardern becomes just the second world leader to give birth while in office.
# maternity - Thursday 22 March, 2018
# Mud Bath
From The42
# Mud Bath
We spoke to England international Rachael Burford about some of the key issues in women’s rugby.
# maternity - Monday 29 January, 2018
# Malak Thawley
# Malak Thawley
The National Maternity Hospital says it is open to another review, but not of the type proposed by the minister.
# maternity - Wednesday 1 November, 2017
# The Irish Family
# The Irish Family
The number of teenage mothers has fallen by 50% between 2005 and 2015.
# maternity - Sunday 24 September, 2017
# Freedom Of Information
# Freedom Of Information
Half of the complaints were about staff behaviour and three were about the care received.
# maternity - Monday 10 July, 2017
# Bumping Up Figures
# Bumping Up Figures
Just 7% of all surgeons in Ireland are women.
# maternity - Tuesday 23 May, 2017
# Infant Deaths
# Infant Deaths
Health Minister Simon Harris said it is ‘regretted’ that it took such a long time for families to be heard on their babies’ deaths.
# maternity - Monday 1 May, 2017
# I Need More Time
# I Need More Time
Minister Simon Harris has said that a public ownership option is possible for the hospital.
# maternity - Sunday 30 April, 2017
# Faith
# Faith
Archbishop Diarmuid Martin is seeking his own removal as chair of Holles Street.
# maternity - Sunday 23 April, 2017
# Sisters Of Charity
# Sisters Of Charity
Health Minister Simon Harris has insisted the hospital will be independently run.
# maternity - Saturday 22 April, 2017
# Big Picture
# Big Picture
Addressing doctors today, Minister Harris sought to provide assurances on the project.
# maternity - Thursday 20 April, 2017
# Maternity Hospital
# Maternity Hospital
It was claimed that 300 people attended today’s lunchtime protest outside the Department of Health.
# Sisters Of Charity
# Sisters Of Charity
Dr. Peter Boylan says the minister must quiz the Sisters of Charity.
# maternity - Wednesday 19 April, 2017
# Redress Scheme
# Redress Scheme
The Department of Health has insisted the new hospital will be independently run.
# maternity - Monday 26 December, 2016
# Christmas Gift
# Christmas Gift
Little Sean Kelly-Murray was the first to arrive.
# maternity - Wednesday 16 November, 2016
# Not Fit For Purpose
# Not Fit For Purpose
The operating theatres, staff facilities and the storage of sterile supplies were all criticised.
# maternity - Wednesday 10 August, 2016
# Baghdad
# Baghdad
Electrical fires are common in the Iraqi capital and elsewhere across the country because of shoddy maintenance and poor wiring.
# maternity - Thursday 17 March, 2016
# Childbirth
# Childbirth
A new report into maternity services says there are a number of reasons.
# maternity - Thursday 3 December, 2015
# Maternal Health
# Maternal Health
Babies of mothers who gain more than 11kg between pregnancies have about a 50% greater risk of their baby dying in the first four weeks of life.
# maternity - Tuesday 1 September, 2015
# Opinion
# Opinion
Dil Wickremasinghe writes about how she was treated by doctors when she opted for a home birth.
# maternity - Tuesday 18 August, 2015
# Opinion
# Opinion
You can live without sleep, but you cannot live without coffee, writes Claire Micks.
# maternity - Tuesday 30 June, 2015
# Musical Chairs
# Musical Chairs
Planning permission for three new sites at major adult teaching hospitals will be submitted in the next 18 months.
# maternity - Sunday 28 June, 2015
# TWINNIES
# TWINNIES
There has been a 36% increase in the number of twins born in Ireland over the period of a decade.
# maternity - Monday 22 June, 2015
# Portlaoise
# Portlaoise
Parents’ concerns were addressed in only a minority of maternity cases assessed in a new HSE review.
# maternity - Friday 19 June, 2015
# Employment Rights
# Employment Rights
The employee says the insurance company said ‘bring it on’ when she said she would go to the Equality Tribunal.
# maternity - Friday 12 June, 2015
# Health
# Health
One woman’s diagnosis of septicaemia was missed.
# maternity - Wednesday 10 June, 2015
# Breakthrough
# Breakthrough
The woman had fragments of her ovary frozen before undergoing chemotherapy at the age of 14.
# maternity - Wednesday 3 June, 2015
# Not Impressed
# Not Impressed
The news that complex surgery will no longer be performed at Portlaoise follows last month’s highly critical HIQA report into the standard of care at the hospital.
# maternity - Sunday 24 May, 2015
# Opinion
# Opinion
Maternity staff are being asked to deal with far, far more births than they can safely handle in hospitals up and down the country.
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