Deaths that have occurred during childbirth across Ireland are being looked into for similarities.
An independent review into perinatal deaths would be a more fair approach rather than the review announced by the HSE.
The Health Service will launch a review into baby and mother deaths during childbirth across Ireland from 2021 to 2023.
Safer Births Ireland are also calling for a longer time frame of ten years in order to be better able to view trends in childbirth related deaths.
Co founder of the group and Trumera's Lisa Duffy, who's baby son, Luke, died in Portlaoise Hospital, says their own research shows similarities between the maternity hospitals in Ireland:
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