Expert urges more care for early discharge babies

A LEADING consultant has called for expanded community care to prevent jaundice and weight loss in new babies discharged early from hospital.

Dr Winifred Gorman, a consultant neonatologist at the National Maternity Hospital at Holles Street in Dublin, said staff shortages at its neonatal unit and limited community support made care of early discharge babies very difficult.

The health problems of non-national women increased pressures on services, she said.