'Striking' rise in pregnant women in ICU for Covid treatment

Dr Murphy added that women who have just given birth and require ICU for Covid treatment could be there for up to five weeks. File photo: Pexels

There have been 20 pregnant or postpartum women admitted to intensive care because of Covid-19 since the end of June, the chair of the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists has said.

Dr Cliona Murphy, an obstetrician at Dublin’s Coombe Hospital, said over the last two days alone three women were transferred from maternity hospitals to ICU in general hospitals which “has given us a bit of a shock”.