The Health Minister has asked maternity hospitals and units to explain why they're not allowing partners into scans.
Hospitals are now being contacted to make sure they're letting loved ones into the 20 week scan at the very minimum.
The Taoiseach, Chief Medical Officer and Health Minister have all said there’s no public health reasoning for the ongoing restrictions at many maternity units.
The Health Minister Stephen Donnelly says today all 19 maternity units are being contacted to make sure they’re allowing loved ones into the 20 week scan at the very least.
The Health Minister says he and the HSE are both frustrated at a lack of progress on the issue and it’s hoped by contacting all the maternity units- some answers and headway can be made.
