The HSE is to carry out a full review of the circumstances surrounding the death of a woman in childbirth at Kerry General Hospital in Tralee.
The woman died after giving birth yesterday at the Tralee hospital. The coroner had been notified and a postmortem is to be carried out today at the hospital, a spokeswoman said.
The HSE expressed its deepest sympathy to the woman's family. She was in her mid-30s and it is understood she was from outside Kerry. The baby boy is in a serious condition, a spokeswoman for the HSE confirmed.
She said the woman's death was not being treated as suspicious and that death in childbirth, while rare, did occur from time to time. The HSE had complied with its statutory obligation to inform the coroner of the woman's death and said a full review of the circumstances would be carried out, as is normal practice.
She could not say, at this stage, whether that review would be published.