Ex-chairs of institute ‘horrified’ by claims about maternal care in Ireland

Five of Ireland’s most senior obstetricians and gynaecologists say they are “horrified” by comments made by their colleagues about maternal care in Ireland.

The former chairmen of the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists say comments made recently by Rhona Mahony and Peter Boylan are a serious misrepresentation of the Irish maternal health system and must be withdrawn.

Dr Mahony, who is master of the National Maternity Hospital in Dublin, is featured in the Together for Yes campaign video during which she states: “In Ireland today, we play medical roulette with women’s lives.”