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.

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