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Year 2003
Documentary On One
16 April 2003
A
Complex Cocktail of Love Hormones
This documentary looks at home births. The title is taken from the
words of famous French Obstetrician Michel Odent, as he speaks of
a time when women had to release a "complex cocktail of love hormones"
in order to give birth. Nowadays, with the industrialisation of
childbirth, many women in labour are subjected to a series of MEDICAL
interventions. A number of women choose to have their babies at
home in order to avoid such interference in what they see as a natural
event. These and other aspects of home birth are examined in this
documentary which features the experiences of parents and professionals. Produced by
Jacqui Corcoran at the RTÉ Waterford Studio.
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Warning of cutbacks in Galway hospital
March 10, 2003
The medical board of Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe in County
Galway has warned services will have to be cut back and closed because
of a shortfall of over €3 million in the hospital budget this year.
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Year 1999
Home births may
increase GP's insurance premiums
11 August 1999
Irish GPs have been warned by their insurance companies that if
the increase in home births continues they could end up paying much
higher premiums. The Southern and Western Health boards are launching
home birth schemes this year, and the National Maternity Hospital
in Dublin already runs one. However, GPs who participate in these
schemes have been told by the major insurance companies that if
claims increase, so too will their subscriptions.Monica O'Connor of the Homebirths Association and Dr Christine Thompkins
of the Insurers Medical Defence Union discuss the issue
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