Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, INMO, general secretary Liam Doran has said the country's maternity services will be facing a very severe crisis come the end of February, but the remarks of the head of the HSE's maternity services programme have received less attention. Let us go to the heart of the matter and see where the Minister stands. Professor Michael Turner, director of the HSE's obstetrics and gynaecology programme, told irishhealth.com he is concerned that Ireland's historically low maternal and infant mortality rates could increase in future if funding and resourcing of maternity care is cut back too much.

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