The Master of the Rotunda Hospital has said overcrowding contributed to the death of one premature baby and the infection of two others with meningitis in the hospital's neonatal unit earlier this year.
He said that incubators in the neonatal intensive care unit are currently kept less than a metre apart when they should be kept at least three metres apart to prevent infection. His comments come ahead of an event at the hospital to celebrate World Prematurity Day, which celebrates premature infants born at the hospital.
In its annual report, the hospital reported that the corrected perinatal mortality rate is at an all-time low at three per 1,000, down by 40% from 4.8 in 2015. He said the Rotunda is 275 years old, the oldest operating hospital in the world and the busiest in Ireland but that it is "not suitable for delivering 21st century care".
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