Verdict of medical misadventure over baby’s death in 2015
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
‘The bottom of our world fell apart’ – daughter of man who died while on visit to Dublin
The daughter of a man who died when he became ill on a visit to Dublin said the “bottom of their world fell apart”
Medical errors causing 1,000 deaths a year, conference told
An estimated 1,000 unnecessary deaths are caused every year in Ireland by medical error, while up to 160,000 hospitals users are injured ..
Family of woman who died after trolley fall agree €51,000 settlement
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.
Girl left severely brain damaged awarded €2.6m
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.
Boy died from brain damage after delays in delivery, inquest told
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.
Heartbroken mother lost baby after ‘hospital system errors’
Mother’s harrowing story to inquest of how ‘we watched him gasp … he died in my arms’
Verdict of medical misadventure at inquest into baby’s death
The jury at the inquest into the death of baby Conor Whelan at Cavan General Hospital over two years ago
HSE apologises over death of baby
Grace McFadden, it was claimed, suffered a brain injury and had cerebral palsy, and died on Mother’s Day 2009.
Montgomery -v- Lanarkshire Health Board 2015 UKSC 11
I recently attended a Medico-Legal conference where Lord Kerr, one of the Judges responsible for this landmark UK judgment spoke.