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Concerns over the downgrading of maternity services at Portiuncula University Hospital (PUH) in Ballinasloe dominated this week’s plenary meeting of Galway County Council, where councillors from across the political spectrum voiced frustration with what they described as a lack of accountability and transparency from the HSE and the Minister for Health.

Sinn Féin TD for Galway East, Louis O’Hara, has criticised Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill for failing to attend a Dáil debate on the downgrading of maternity services at Portiuncula University Hospital.

The 12 cases mentioned last week as being under review involving concerns about maternity care at Portiuncula University Hospital in Galway do not include any new cases.

On Saturday, the town of Ballinasloe witnessed a moment of extraordinary unity and defiance as thousands of people from across the west and midlands of Ireland marched shoulder-to-shoulder to demand the full reinstatement of maternity services at Portiuncula University Hospital (PUH). With estimates placing the crowd at over 3,500, this was one of the largest public demonstrations in the town’s recent history — a powerful expression of community resistance against what many view as a slow and silent erosion of rural healthcare.

Councillor MJ Crowe wrote to all the Fianna Fáil public representatives on the western seaboard and other parts of the country this past weekend to seek their support to put pressure on the Government to ensure that the planned upgrade of University Hospital Galway to a ‘Model Four’ hospital is included in the revised National Development Plan.

The HSE’s decision to reduce the scope of maternity services at Portiuncula University Hospital (PUH), has prompted united condemnation from Galway County councillors, resulting in calls for Government intervention.

Expectant mothers with high-risk pregnancies are being transferred from Portiuncula University Hospital (PUH) as investigations continue into maternity care standards.

The ongoing reviews into the provision of care at the Portiuncula University Hospital ordered last month will not be published in full, but instead will be given to the families involved, the HSE Regional Health Forum was told on Tuesday.

Midland Regional Hospital Maternity Services has announced two exciting new developments in maternity care for women of the Midlands region with the launch of a community midwifery-led clinic and parentcraft antenatal education for expectant mothers.

University Hospital Galway is looking for service user advocate(s) for the maternity department to work with hospital and community health service directors and managers to initiate change and build better maternity services for women and their families accessing care.