Maternity unit protest continues

Dozens of pregnant women will gather at Stormont today for the latest stage of their fight to save a Co Tyrone maternity unit…

Dozens of pregnant women will gather at Stormont today for the latest stage of their fight to save a Co Tyrone maternity unit. They will lobby the Assembly for more pressure on health chiefs, who have voted to close the baby unit at Dungannon's South Tyrone Hospital from next weekend. But campaigners remain hopeful of a last-minute reprieve.

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