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Hospitals are 'driven by what the woman wants' - Director of Midwifery at NMH

At an event at Áras an Uachtaráin yesterday to mark national breastfeeding week, Sabina Higgins yesterday called on the HSE to let new mothers spend a longer time in hospital learning how to breastfeed. In fact, she said that mothers sometimes get...

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16.00 30 Sep 2022


Hospitals are 'driven by what the woman wants' - Director of Midwifery at NMH


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At an event at Áras an Uachtaráin yesterday to mark national breastfeeding week, Sabina Higgins yesterday called on the HSE to let new mothers spend a longer time in hospital learning how to breastfeed. In fact, she said that mothers sometimes get ‘thrown out too early’.

Kieran was joined by Mary Brosnan, who is the Director of Midwifery at the National Maternity Hospital to discuss...


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