ANOTHER woman has given birth in an ambulance by the side of the road following the closure of the maternity unit at Monaghan General Hospital.

ONE of the last patients to be discharged from Monaghan General Hospital’s acute surgical ward at the weekend was the elderly mother of the head of the group campaigning against the continual downgrading of the hospital.

Campaigners from Co Monaghan will drive a hearse to the Dáil later today in protest over the reduction in services at Monaghan General Hospital.

THE needless death of a patient in Monaghan General Hospital (MGH) has caused national outrage. The current trawl for a scapegoat is misconceived, however.

A group campaigning for proper hospital services in the north-east of the country has called on the executive of the local health board to resign.

HEALTH board officials have insisted emergency treatment will continue at Cavan General Hospital despite leaked correspondence which calls into question the hospital's ability to provide the service given a staffing crisis.

THE hospital at the centre of the baby Bronagh Livingstone controversy is without out-of-hours maintenance cover in a dispute with electricians and technicians over on-call payments.

EXPECTANT mothers in Co Monaghan are making plans to spend the last weeks of pregnancy close to hospitals in Cavan and Drogheda because of fears of a repeat of the baby Bronagh Livingstone tragedy.