Hospitals may refuse tests to home-birth mothers

MATERNITY hospitals in the south may refuse to carry out blood tests and ultrasound scans on pregnant women who are cared for by independent midwives.

Hospitals may refuse tests to home-birth mothers
Sat, 18 Oct, 2003 - 01:00
Catherine Shanahan

A spokeswoman for the Southern Health Board (SHB) said discussions were underway among consultants at the Erinville Hospital and St Finbarr’s Hospital in Cork city with a view to following the lead set by Dublin’s maternity hospitals. If the policy change is implemented, Tralee General Hospital in Kerry will also follow suit.

A spokeswoman for the SHB said it would be “a medical decision”.

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