Mother of boy with cerebral palsy urges maternity units to adopt 'life-saving' guidelines 

'When I had Alex, I had three symptoms of Vasa praevia that should have rung alarm bells, and they didn’t'

Alex Foley with his parents Patrick and Laurane, at their home in Midleton, Co Cork, last year. Picture: David Keane

A Cork woman whose son suffered life-changing injuries after a preventable pregnancy-related condition went undiagnosed has welcomed “life-saving” new guidelines and called for their swift implementation.

Laurane Foley, whose son Alex, now 12, has spastic diplegic cerebral palsy, said the HSE guidelines for the diagnosis of the relatively rare but preventable condition Vasa praevia are “great for Ireland” and has pleaded with maternity hospitals to act now.