Improvements to the tune of €1 million are to to go ahead at the Rotunda, despite plans to move the facility to the Connolly Hospital campus in Blanchardstown at some stage in the near future.
The money is to be spent on redeveloping mortuary services, specifically post mortem services, for maternity units in Drogheda and Cavan.
“The new regional service is to be provided to all patients of the various hospitals in the region,” said a hospital spokesperson.
“It will help to inform medical staff and relevant patients about causes or issues surrounding pregnancy loss through miscarriages, stillbirth or neonatal deaths,” he said.
“The information may give comfort of knowledge of the cause of the loss and may assist some parents in future family planning.
According to the minutes of the February meeting of the Rotunda Hospital Board, seen by The Medical Independent following a Freedom of Information request, the mortuary is due to be ready later this year.
