Parents accuse HSE of hospital cover-up

Bereaved parents have accused the HSE of covering up warning signs in relation to baby deaths at Portlaoise Hospital.

Parents accuse HSE of hospital cover-up

Mark Molloy, whose son, also Mark, died shortly after birth in January 2012 in the hospital’s maternity unit, told a meeting of the Oireachtas Health Committee the Hiqa report “absolutely” reflected their experience.

“What jumps off the page straight away for me is they [HSE] were aware at local, regional, and national level that this was an unsafe unit,” said Mr Molloy

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