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Fri 05 May 2004'Alarming' rise in HIV cases in maternity careReferendum campaign: The Rotunda Hospital in Dublin asked the Government last year to give urgent attention to an "alarming" increase in the number of non-national patients who were HIV positive, it has emerged.In its case for the referendum, the Government has cited pressure on maternity hospitals due to the automatic entitlement to an Irish passport of children born to non-nationals.