Victoria White: Maternity services should have been created by women for women

Roisin Molloy, whose son Mark died shortly after being born in the Midlands Hospital Portaloise in 2012 with a copy of the HIQA report into national maternity services which was released online yesterday. Photograph Moya Nolan By now we were meant to have revolutionised maternity services.
Victoria White: Maternity services should have been created by women for women
Thu, 18 Jun, 2020 - 09:00
Victoria White

Roisin Molloy, whose son Mark died shortly after being born in the Midlands Hospital Portaloise in 2012 with a copy of the HIQA report into national maternity services which was released online yesterday. Photograph Moya Nolan
Roisin Molloy, whose son Mark died shortly after being born in the Midlands Hospital Portaloise in 2012 with a copy of the HIQA report into national maternity services which was released online yesterday. Photograph Moya Nolan

By now we were meant to have revolutionised maternity services.

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ColumnistsHealthPlace: PortlaoisePlace: NetherlandsPlace: New ZealandPlace: AustraliaPlace: CanadaPlace: IrelandPerson: Victoria WhitePerson: Roisin MolloyPerson: MarkPerson: Moya NolanPerson: Paul CullenPerson: Krysia LynchPerson: Minister for HealthPerson: BegleyOrganisation: Midlands Hospital PortaloiseOrganisation: HIQAOrganisation: Cavan General HospitalOrganisation: Irish TimesOrganisation: Midland Regional HospitalOrganisation: AIMS maternity servicesOrganisation: RCSIOrganisation: HospitalsOrganisation: RotundaOrganisation: AIMS IrelandOrganisation: National Maternity Strategy
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