Jim Walsh (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 10:

In page 7, between lines 27 and 28, to insert the following:
"(iv) facilities for the intensive care of newborns,".

This amendment seeks to add to the required facilities to be provided in hospitals, facilities for the intensive care of newborns. We have heard evidence to the effect that 50% of babies delivered on reaching the stage of viability will die and that the remaining 50% will be disabled and in need of intensive medical care. This is akin to the perinatal issue we discussed earlier.