THE family of tragic baby Bronagh Livingstone will be told tomorrow the reasons for the decisions surrounding her birth and death.

The grandfather of the child who died in Cavan hospital last week after her mother was refused service at Monaghan hospital because its maternity ward has been closed has called on the Minister for Health to stand down from the North Eastern Health board.

The meeting today between Minister for Health Mícheál Martin and Jimmy Livingstone, the father of the woman whose newborn infant died after she was turned away from Monaghan Hospital, will be a traumatic one.

Health Minister Michael Martin will hold talks tomorrow with the family of the Monaghan baby who died after her mother gave birth while en route to Cavan General Hospital.

THE North Eastern Health Board has said expectant mothers should not go to Monaghan General Hospital in an emergency relating to their pregnancy.

“MY daughter is devastated. She sat yesterday with her dead baby in her arms all day.She still had it in her arms this morning.

MORE people will die needlessly all over the country if crucial services at smaller regional hospitals are lost due to health cutbacks, campaigners in Monaghan said last night.

The family of the baby, who died when her mother was turned away from her local hospital, has hit out at the Minister for Health, Michael Martin, and the North Eastern Health board.