Doctor critical of hospital conditions

MOTHERS and newborn babies endure unacceptable conditions in Limerick’s Mid-Western Regional Maternity hospital, a leading obstetrician said yesterday.

Dr Gerard Burke called on the HSE to prioritise existing plans for a new maternity hospital in the grounds of the Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Dooradoyle.

Dr Burke revealed that on more than 100 nights last year the hospital’s neonatal ward was full.