Government playing with people’s lives, says hospital group

CAMPAIGNERS calling for the restoration of full maternity services to Monaghan General Hospital have accused the Government of playing Russian roulette with the lives of mothers and babies.

Independent Monaghan TD Paudge Connolly said it was an indictment of the health services that a second mother had been forced to give birth on the roadside in the space of seven months.

Last December, baby Bronagh Livingstone, born prematurely to 32-year-old Denise Livingstone, died following her delivery during the 25-mile trip to Cavan General Hospital.