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Home birth service in Mid-West region suspended following death of woman in Limerick
The woman died after giving birth at home earlier this month.
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The woman died after giving birth at home earlier this month.
The ‘temporary pause’ has been in place since November 2020 pending investigations into two incidents.
David Caren gives practical advice for Irish expectant dads.
Some of these women may now be forced to have their babies in hospital, rather than at home.
Everyone’s talking about poor hygiene in hospitals, home births and students cheating in the Leaving Cert.
Last summer, the Minister for Health endorsed home birth and said more women should be offered the choice of giving birth at home – but new HSE guidelines will have the opposite effect, Eva-Louise Goussot writes.