New guidelines for testing pregnant women for common infection welcomed

Parents of a baby boy who died during a home birth in Dublin hail the HSE guidelines, inquest hears

Baby Rob Cashin was pronounced dead at the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin shortly after being delivered at home.

The parents of a baby boy who died from a common but undetected infection during a home birth in Dublin three years ago have welcomed new HSE guidelines for testing pregnant women for Group Strep B infection.

The baby, Rob Cashin, was pronounced dead at the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin less than an hour after being partially delivered in a birthing pool at his family home in Holywell Gardens, Swords, Co Dublin, on August 27, 2020.