# Neonatal

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# Coronavirus

'We are firefighting': Consultants warn newborns may be at risk due to Covid pressure on hospitals

Many neonatal units have no isolation facilities to deal with coronavirus patients.

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Aug 12th 2020, 11:28 AM

# Overcrowding

Rotunda told to rely on 'short-term measures' to keep babies safe amid 'crisis'

An outbreak of infection earlier this year saw eight babies affected – with the death of one infant referred to the coroner.

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Jul 24th 2019, 12:05 AM

# delphi

New system will monitor newborns to detect brain injury

Researchers based in Cork have been awarded €570,000 to develop the system.

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Feb 7th 2018, 6:10 AM

# Maternal Health

Weight gain between pregnancies linked to increased risk of stillbirth and infant death

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.

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Dec 3rd 2015, 6:10 AM

# new icu

Leo met some very small, very cute babies today

‘There’ll be trouble … his grandparents didn’t even get to hold him yet!’

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Feb 25th 2015, 3:06 PM

# Baby

Newborn died in ambulance after Turkish hospitals 'offered no care at all'

But what does it mean for Ireland?

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Jan 27th 2015, 6:37 PM

# Neonatal

Seven in ten parents of premature babies want more psychological support

Some 4,500 babies are born prematurely in Ireland each year.

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Nov 14th 2014, 11:12 AM

# mom

This 23 year old's invention could revolutionise neonatal care

He has developed an incubator that costs just a fraction of the usual cost.

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Nov 6th 2014, 6:15 AM

# friends of the coombe

'We had poems ready for his funeral': Charity calendar celebrates survivor babies

Friends of the Coombe are releasing their calendar for 2014, featuring toddlers who combined spent more than three years in the hospital. Read one of the stories behind it here.

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Oct 28th 2013, 9:45 AM

# perinatal deaths

First ever audit of stillbirths and deaths of young babies records 491 cases in 2011

Stillbirths accounted for 318 of the total number.

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Oct 22nd 2013, 10:15 AM

# Health

HSE investigating death of newborn baby boy

The baby was born last week at Cavan General Hospital but was later transferred to Dublin, where he died.

8.6k

Nov 28th 2012, 12:28 PM

# Health

Deadly bacteria found on hospital taps, seventh case confirmed

The Royal Jubilee Maternity Hospital has confirmed that the bacteria that killed three babies has been traced back to several taps in the neonatal unit .

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Jan 25th 2012, 11:10 AM