Inside Limerick’s new neonatal unit caring for babies born weighing as little as 600g

The revamped and extended neonatal unit in Limerick offers a new type of care to its tiny patients, some weighing as little as 600g at birth, according to one of the country's leading neonatologists and paediatricians.

Professor Roy Philip said the difference lies in how closely parents and staff partner to bring these delicate humans into their new life, in rooms painted with local flowers.

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