Maternity campaigner blasts ongoing hospital visitor restrictions

At Cork University Maternity Hospital, the visitor scheduling app remains out of action due to the cyberattack but visits are timetabled on paper. Picture: Larry Cummins

It is impossible to understand why visiting restrictions continue in maternity hospitals as vaccinations ramp up, a Cork maternity advocate has said.

“All of the senior HSE people have now said partners should be able to access maternity services as they did pre-pandemic, but the maternity hospitals are not implementing that, and you have to ask why at this stage,” said Linda Kelly, referring to comments by chief medical officer Tony Holohan and HSE chief clinical officer Colm Henry.