THE HSE has said it “aims” to see women in Cork during the first 12-14 weeks of their pregnancy, despite long-term claims of severe overcrowding at the county’s multi-million euro maternity hospital.

A CAMPAIGN group for parents of deceased children whose organs were retained without their consent is seriously concerned at the new wave of anguish caused by the revelations thrown up by latest Health Service Executive probe.

A young African woman and a member of the Jehovah's witness faith who suffered a massive blood loss after giving birth in the Coombe hospital refused a transfusion on a number of occasions, the High Court heard yesterday.

The High Court has been told that an action brought by a Dublin Maternity hospital arising out of a decision to seek a court order to allow them transfuse a Jehovahs' Witness who had suffered a massive blood loss after giving birth to may last until Christmas.