Historically, the State has indemnified consultants both for their work in the public and private sectors. Public and private medicine is far too entwined in this State and this leads to the odd situation that even work carried out by consultants in a private clinic is indemnified by the State Claims Agency. In terms of how the events played out, the hospital is precluded from responding, on the basis of patient confidentiality, so we do not know its take on what happened and will have to await the outcome of the review to discover this.
He said that the family has claimed that the abortion did not comply with all the steps set down in the legislation. The interaction between medics and the family in this case and the precise responsibilities of medics in such cases will — we presume — be a key issue for the review.
Can that be judged to meet the new legislative demands? If a the second medic only examining the patient information can that be deemed to be sufficient? The legislation also demands that the Minister for Health be notified within a month of any abortions but it appears that did not happen, either. How are we to trust abortion figures if, this early on, basic procedures, such as informing the Minister, are not being followed?
This should happen in conjunction with a multi-disciplinary team. According to the family, only termination was presented as an option. Again, the review will have to come to an assessment of how this aspect of the case was handled. There are hospitals in this country where the majority of families continue with a pregnancy even where there is a diagnosis of a life-limiting condition because they are offered compassionate continuity of care, including a dedicated bereavement midwife.
The sad thing is that devastating stories, no matter how important, do not always garner the attention or support they deserve because they lack one ingredient — being in tune with the current cultural moment. A mere year on from repeal, staunch pro-choice advocates, including in the media, do not want to see any downside to our brave new regime.
And that is a tragedy of a kind, too. Rising infection rates in central and eastern Europe suggest a correlation between vaccine scepticism and populist politics.
First appt will be about 12 weeks. If not going private, you cant pick your consultant as far as I'm aware. Thanks for your advice. I spent the weekend researching the consultants, and got loads of helpful comments from boards like this.
I ve narrowed it down to two favourites, but there are an additional 3 doctors I d be happy to go to too. From reading the boards, it sound like you need to get booked in very early, since spaces book out. I ve rung the doctor s secretary a few times this morning, but it just goes to voicemail!
Dying to just get it sorted, so hopefully she will ring back soon. Hi Imogen Firstly, congrats!! I went private with Holles Street and like you, I spent a lot of time researching which consultant to attend. Took me in for a scan at 9 weeks. He induced me at 41 wks as he didn't want me going too much over after everything I had been through in Sims. He was there throughout the whole process and the emergency c-section at the end. Honestly I couldn't recommend him enough and his secretary is lovely too.
Hope this helps! I'm in holles street now going private I'm with dr Declan Keane he's so lovely very understanding and has a lovely bedside manner his secretary is lovely as well, I had ivf in holles street private clinic the merrion and my consultant there was dr Cathy Allen she was so lovely and a fertility consultant as well so she'll really understand what you've been through she wasn't taking any patients for July or start of Aug when I'm due so I went with dr Keane instead after getting a lot of recommendations for him.
You can ring difffernt secretaries and just ask if the consultant is available and what price they are and then make a decision based on that. I actually went with Shane Higgins in the end. Declan Keane and Stephen Carroll were the other 2 in my top 3 choices! To be honest, all three had loads of positive comments, so I would have been happy with any of them it came down to a toss of a coin in the end. Now I m wondering did I make the right choice!
If anyone has feedback on Dr Higgins, that would be great. My sister went with him and she really liked him. He didn't make the birth though. Best of luck! I went to Shane for a single appointment on my second MC- he agreed to see me for progesterone prescription even though I was public at the time!
He was amazing Dr Cathy Allen was my consultant in the public clinic and she was really nice and very helpful. It wasn't meant to be anyways, two MC's I'm really hoping this one sticks I'll be 6weeks on Thursday and really want to go private or semi private as want everything to turn out right. Special interests: Labour Ward Management, reproductive medicine and surgery and pregnancies after assisted reproduction technology.
Clinical Director, Merrion Fertility Clinic. Contact details are listed in the table below and photos and specialities for some Consultants can be found on our Meet the Doctors section. Our Maternity Fees and Charges section provides information on accommodation charges and medical fees for private patients. If you choose to be a private patient, you are liable for all costs associated with your care at The National Maternity Hospital.
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