Staff at the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin have resorted to fundraising for a vital piece of equipment.
Hospital staff says there is no government funding for a new heart ultrasound machine for the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
The Rotunda Hospital is the country's busiest maternity hospital - with more than 12-hundred babies undergoing care at it's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit every year.
But staff say a heart ultrasound machine, that's used on a daily basis, has reached the end of its life and the information it can give is limited.
They've resorted to online fundraising. According to a go fund me campaign set up this month, government funding is not available for a replacement.
More than €15,000 of the €76,500 target has already been raised with donors entered into a draw to win a designer handbag and tickets to a rugby match.
Staff say the machine is needed so that they can continue to provide the best possible care for babies.
