'People talk about hospital beds. But there's babies dying around the country in hospitals'

'People talk about hospital beds. But there's babies dying around the country in hospitals'

Rachel Harrington and Pat O’Sullivan at the Cork City Coroner’s Court in 2022, for the inquest into the death of their son Elijah.

A couple whose baby died in Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH) nearly two years ago are backing calls for a commission of inquiry into avoidable baby deaths at the country's maternity hospitals.

Baby Elijah O’Sullivan died on May 6, 2022, a day after his mother Rachel Harrington presented to the hospital’s emergency department. 

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