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Irish mother and baby homes return to the news

12 Feb 2015
Irish mother and baby homes

Dr Michael Dwyer's research features in today's Irish Examiner. Michael discovered a 1945 report in the Irish Medical Journal documenting three separate diphtheria outbreaks among infants in one of the country’s mother and baby homes that had 100% mortality rates.

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http://www.irishexaminer.com/Ireland/-disease-outbreaks-in-mother-and-baby-home-had-100-infant-death-rate-312139.html

 

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