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Protests at maternity hospitals over restrictions
Updated / Tuesday, 11 May 2021
22:13
A number of nationwide protests took place at maternity hospitals today.
The protests organised by the Association for Improvements in Maternity Services (AIMS) Ireland are highlighting the problems people face because of Covid-19.
These include the exclusion of partners from attending pregnancy appointments and the early stages of labour. We need constructive dialogue and a solution-focused approach, and we encourage the Minister for Health, the HSE, NWIHP [National Women and Infants Health Programme] and Hospital Group CEOs to come together to find an immediate resolution to this issue, said AIMS Ireland Chair Krysia Lynch.
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Protesters outside the National Maternity Hospital in Dublin.
Image: PA
Image: PA
Updated Tue 5:55 PM
FIANNA FÁIL SENATOR Lisa Chambers has called for clarity from the HSE on the lifting of maternity restrictions in hospitals nationwide.
Her calls come as restrictions remain in place in certain hospitals, with protesters today gathering outside the National Maternity Hospital in Dublin.
Demonstrators call for relaxation of maternity restrictions By Kevin O Mahony
That was the message from a group of protestors outside Holles Street this afternoon.
For more than a year now, partners haven’t been able to attend antenatal visits, early labour, or post-natal appointments in hospitals.
Krysia Lynch, the Chair of the Association for the Improvement of Maternity Services: I could go to Penneys today if I wanted to; I can go and book my facial in Arnotts. But if I was having an induction I would have to stay here for 48 hours and my partner wouldn t be able to attend with me .
Protests staged outside maternity hospitals in Republic as Covid restrictions rumble on Members of the campaign group The Association for Improvements in Maternity Services (AIMS) protest outside the National Maternity Hospital in Dublin against the banning of birthing partners from maternity Hospitals. Picture by Niall Carson/PA Wire James Ward, PA 11 May, 2021 13:12
A series of protests have taken place outside maternity hospitals across the country demanding better services for women.
The Association for Improvements in Maternity Services (AIMS) staged a series of protests at Holles Street and the Coombe in Dublin, as well as hospitals in Donegal and Louth.
The group says they have taken action not just in protest at Covid restrictions that exclude partners from attending hospital with expectant mothers, but at the standard of maternity services in the country generally.