‘Totally let down’ by state agencies

The mother of one of the babies who died at Portlaoise hospital said it was “disgusting” people like her should find themselves in the middle of a dispute between two state agencies.

Shauna Keyes’ son, Joshua, died seconds after being delivered by C-section at the Midlands Regional Hospital in October 2009.

The draft report into baby deaths at the hospital by the Health Information and Quality Authority makes more than 250 “adverse findings or inferences” affecting senior figures in the HSE, the Department of Health, and State Claims Agency.