Campaigners has called for "traumatic" maternity hospital restrictions to be lifted to protect the mental health of women and their birth partners during Covid-19. Yesterday, a petition with more than 50,000 signatures was delivered to Cork University Maternity Hospital. The petition will also be delivered to other maternity hospitals in the coming days. The woman had fallen asleep with a baby in her arms, and the baby had fallen off the bed. Speaking at the rally, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said: "Pregnant women cannot be left in this awful, painful, hurtful traumatic limbo."

Source: The Herald December 04, 2020 02:26 UTC