The Rotunda is delivering thousands more babies than other hospitals, as plans for its redevelopment have stalled. Meanwhile, across the river in Dublin 4, millions have already been spent on relocating the National Maternity Hospital
Each week of feeding reduced risk by 2% after accounting for other factors, long-term research shows
Babies younger than 25 weeks were once not considered viable but ‘now we’re looking at 22-weekers’, says Rotunda master
Rebecca Price and Pat Kiely were advised to terminate their healthy baby after receiving a misdiagnosis
Rebecca Price and Pat Kiely were advised to terminate their healthy baby after receiving a misdiagnosis
Design team fees for the project now exceed €36m, Dáil Public Accounts Committee told
Ministers intervene to insist new €200m management system is deployed across voluntary and HSE hospitals
It was claimed that Jonathan Hughes allegedly suffered significant asphyxiation at and around time of his birth
Positivity abounds around hormone replacement therapy, but is it a panacea for all ageing women?
Taoiseach says project ‘should be done modestly with very simple structures ... It shouldn’t have to cost €100,000′
A recent HSE audit recommended that no-one who lived more than 30 minutes’ blue light distance from a maternity unit should be allowed to have a home birth
Government seeks to implement lessons learned from national children’s hospital construction
Over one million appointments to go live on next version of HSE app, conference told
New National Maternity Hospital could cost up to €2 billion to complete
Hospital says service agreements could potentially interfere with executives’ fiduciary responsibilities
New Oireachtas committee needs continued failure in big projects if it is to function effectively for its members
Minister for Health expected to bring final business case for project to Cabinet after HSE examine submitted tenders
Hospital chairman argued it was being penalised for increasing activity and treating more women
Meath woman Lisa McGee says being open with managers about her experience alleviated stress
A taxing cycle of hope and dejection is a routine part of life for so many, playing out quietly in homes and workplaces across the country
Patricia McNevin failed to prove employer was negligent, says judge
Agreement reached after mediation and without an admission of liability from National Maternity Hospital
Maternity hospitals – and at least one home – were busy overnight with deliveries of new babies
‘I’m the oldest. It has totally defined me. I’ve been mom since I was six years old’
Former taoiseach and minister for health says about 500 additional beds need to be provided annually to keep up with population growth
Aontú leader claims building, fit-out tender as ‘half-baked’ as contract for children’s hospital and that Government is ‘incinerating taxpayers’ money’
FeMo is a foetal monitoring device that allows expectant parents and clinicians to keep a close eye on a baby’s movements in the womb
New report from Stephen Donnelly and Dr Rhona Murphy examines rising costs to taxpayer of medical negligence cases
National Maternity Hospital acknowledged child suffered Erb’s Palsy but denied it was caused by any negligence on its part
Mary-Ann O’Brien remembers her husband and their time setting up and running the Jack and Jill Children’s Foundation
From choking to burns, avoidable deaths are only avoidable if more people understand basic first aid skills
Some employees travelling from as far away as Armagh, says master Prof Shane Higgins
The first women to receive State-funded IVF are being referred to the not-for-profit Merrion fertility unit next door to the NMH
Donnelly provides update on €800m National Maternity Hospital project which has been hit by delays in recent years
Publicly funded fertility treatment will help those struggling with cost of IVF
Specialist clinic validates ‘misunderstood’ pregnancy complication of hyperemesis gravidarum
Settlement made by National Maternity Hospital without admission of liability
Radio: Newstalk host keen to tackle other matters but Ryan Tubridy’s committee speech grabs all the attention
Hospital will move from Holles Street to St Vincent’s campus in south Dublin if Minister for Health’s proposal is approved by Cabinet
National Maternity Hospital Foundation scouting for corporate interest in fundraiser sponsored by Avolon
A book full of testimony about endurance as women dealt with multiple pregnancies during an era when artificial contraception was illegal
In 2021, Dr Deirdre Lundy helped get the nation talking about menopause on Liveline. She’s delighted the pendulum has swung
Consultant ophthalmologist was a staunch advocate for patients and used his position to seek improvements in services
There’s no reason a master must be an obstetrician, no excuse for the inequalities of a three-tier care system
Law firm is forecasting growth of 7-9 per cent in 2023 with a focus on expanding activity at international office locations
Introduction of new public-only contract could have ‘serious implications’
Obstetrician says his expert opinion has sometimes been sought and then put aside because it did not suit a plaintiff’s case
Percentage of teenage births in 2010-2020 period falls to lowest level since 1958
A court ruling last March found Prof Ray O’Sullivan was entitled to an order cancelling his suspension and reinstating him with immediate effect
All Hardest of Woman engages with a passage in Jame Joyce’s epic novel to explore women’s experiences in the Dublin building
The huge strain that sepsis put on Lizzy Ryan’s body meant her baby had to be born by emergency Caesarean section
The hospital says the medical management of the birth was in accordance with widespread, general and approved medical practice
The breach with Hourigan and Costello comes as tensions within the Green party over the ratification of the Canada-EU trade deal may be about to reignite
Between 2012 and 2020, total annual births in the State fell by 13,664, or almost 20%
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