The HSE says a staff shortage caused by sick leave is to blame for the closure of the ante-natal clinic and gynaecological services at Dungloe Community Hospital
They have been relocated to Letterkenny General Hospital.
The Saolta University Health Care Group says it appreciates that this is a significant inconvenience to expectant mothers and other women who have been using the Dungloe out-reach service.
Local Cllr Micheal Cholm Mac Giolla Easbaig was contacted by a local woman who made him aware of the situation:
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