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.

Doctor critical of hospital conditions
Thu, 19 Jul, 2007 - 01:00
Jimmy Woulfe, Mid-West Correspondent

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.

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