The couple at the centre of the National Maternity Hospital controversy say they were told there was no need for them to wait for a second test result before proceeding with a termination. The couple say they were told by hospital staff there was no need to wait for the second test and that the matter was “black and white”, The Irish Times understands. They maintain they were prepared to wait for the result of a further test but were told the diagnosis from the initial test was “conclusive”. The couple say any implication that has been made that they were not prepared to wait for further test results before proceeding with a termination is “unfair and wrong”. The procedures followed by the hospital do not accord with those followed in the Rotunda Hospital and the Coombe hospital in relation to awaiting the results of a second test before carrying out a termination, they claim.

Source: The Irish Times May 18, 2019 11:48 UTC