Father: HSE staff concealed truth of our baby’s death

The parents of a little boy who died shortly after his birth were kept in the dark about what had happened by HSE staff, including two of the architects of the HSE’s open disclosure policy.

The claim was made by Mark Molloy whose infant son, also Mark, died on January 24, 2012, at the Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise, shortly after he was born. Mark Snr and his wife Róisín had a tough battle with the HSE to uncover the truth of what had happened in the delivery room.

Their experience sparked several investigations into maternity services at the Portlaoise hospital, one of which is still ongoing.