Coroner Dr Myra Cullinane said there had been a lack of clarity regarding who was responsible for observing and monitoring baby Stevie’s mother, Sandra Cullivan. Baby Stevie was extremely sick on delivery and had to be transferred to the Rotunda Hospital in...
The daughter of a man who died when he became ill on a visit to Dublin said the “bottom of their world fell apart” but now they hope to change things for other families. Timothy Fleming (69), an Irishman living in England, died after a tear in the lining of his aorta...
An estimated 1,000 unnecessary deaths are caused every year in Ireland by medical error, while up to 160,000 hospitals users are injured because of human error, a conference on medical negligence heard on Friday. Roger Murray, joint managing partner at Callan Tansey...
The family of an 82-year-old woman who died after falling from a hospital trolley has called for a review of care for elderly people in emergency departments. Letitia Lawlor had spent the night on a trolley in the emergency department of St Vincent’s Hospital in...
The HSE apologised today to a 6-year-old girl with cerebral palsy over the failings in her care after her birth at University College Hospital, Galway. A letter of apology on behalf of the HSE and hospital management and staff was read out as Sadhbh Farrell settled...
A three-day-old boy died from brain damage caused by oxygen deprivation following delays in his delivery at Kerry General Hospital, an inquest has heard. Milo Scanlon, of Cleandries, Causeway, Co Kerry, died on March 30th, 2015, after being transferred to Cork...
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