Wicklow maternity group demand better services
A group campaigning against the planned centralisation of hospital services in Ireland has demanded the State provide proper maternity services in Wicklow.
The Health Services Action Group claimed today an unacceptable number of babies were being born en route to hospitals in Dublin due to a lack of maternity services in Co Wicklow.
It claimed one Wicklow woman was arriving at the National Maternity Hospital in Dublin every fortnight with a newborn baby in her arms.
The group said the Health Service Executive was refusing to provide proper maternity services in the county.
It also said this situation would spread to the rest of the country under the reforms proposed in the Hanly Report, which calls for the downgrading of certain of hospitals in favour of more centralised services.
