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...
Mother’s harrowing story to inquest of how ‘we watched him gasp … he died in my arms’. A woman who was pregnant again following five miscarriages has told of her heartbreak after her baby boy died following a series of system errors when he was being delivered...
The jury at the inquest into the death of baby Conor Whelan at Cavan General Hospital over two years ago has returned a verdict of medical misadventure. Baby Conor died on 14 May 2014, just over 17 hours after being delivered by emergency Cesarean section. The inquest...
Grace McFadden, it was claimed, suffered a brain injury and had cerebral palsy, and died on Mother’s Day 2009. Her mum and dad, brother, and sisters were in the High Court yesterday as their case against the HSE over her care was settled on confidential terms. As part...
I recently attended a Medico-Legal conference where Lord Kerr, one of the Judges responsible for this landmark UK judgment spoke. This impressive judgment aptly deals with the law on consent and is likely to be hugely influential in this jurisdiction where similar...
Learning of the death of a loved one is a harrowing experience for families. As a matter of Law an Inquest must be held where a death is or may be due to unnatural causes. The primary purpose of an Inquest is to identify the deceased and establish how, when and where...
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