Belfast maternity-hospital deaths: Parents face wait for test results

Parents of 24 babies tested for an infection that has killed three others in a Belfast hospital face an agonising wait to see if their child has been infected.

Belfast maternity-hospital deaths: Parents face wait for test results

Parents of 24 babies tested for an infection that has killed three others in a Belfast hospital face an agonising wait to see if their child has been infected.

As a deep clean of the neonatal unit at Belfast’s Royal Maternity Hospital gets underway, parents have been told the test results will not be available until Monday.

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