Baby Scandals: ‘I am glad that something is being done to end this’

Parents of babies who died at the Midland Regional Hospital in Portlaoise told Health Minister Leo Varadkar last night they hoped the culture of cover-up in medical institutions had ended.

Shauna Keyes, whose son Joshua died nearly an hour after being delivered by emergency C-section at Portlaoise hospital in 2009, was one of a number of parents who met the minister in Portlaoise.

Shauna said the report by the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) on child deaths in Portlaoise marked the end of her family’s five-and-a-half year battle on behalf of her son.