Birth Injury Claims
Birth Injury Claims: What you need to Know about Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE) The HSE have launched an external review into the births of 9 babies at Portiuncula University Hospital in Co Galway born between 2023 – 2025. According to reports, 7 of the children born underwent therapeutic brain cooling to reverse the effects of […]
Stillbirth of baby could have been avoided if doctors had delivered the boy earlier, inquest hears
The inquest into the stillbirth of baby Noah O’Shea-Rodgers at Wexford General Hospital in 2020 concluded with a verdict of medical misadventure. The jury found that the baby’s death could have been avoided if doctors had delivered him at an earlier stage due to complications with the mother’s preeclampsia, a condition associated with high blood […]
Conference on Neurological Injury and the Law a Huge Success
Our 2023 Pathways to Progress Conference was held recently at Mount Falcon Estate in Ballina. The theme this year was Neurological Injury and the Law. Attendees at the event, which was sold out, heard a range of expert speakers and panelists from Ireland and overseas address four key topics related to Neurological Injury and the […]
Investigation into babies born with head injuries at Galway University Hospital
According to a report in The Irish Times on 24th August 2023, Galway University Hospital commissioned a review of head injuries to newborn babies during delivery. The review is into what it terms a “small number of cases where newborn babies suffered head injuries as they were being delivered last year.” The decision to […]
Erb’s Palsy Birth Injury
The Medical Negligence team at Callan Tansey Solicitors LLP has successfully represented many people with Erb’s Palsy. Our work has got explanations from the hospitals concerned as to how this injury occurred. We have also secured compensation for this birth injury for our clients. In fact, Johan Verbruggen, Associate Solicitor in our Galway office has […]
HSE Apologises to parents after death of newborn baby
Almost five years after the death of newborn baby Danny Ryan, the HSE has apologised to his parents, Brenda and Michael. An inquest in June 2019 heard the cause of Danny’s death was severe brain damage due to lack of oxygen. The case, which was before the Court for ruling on the statutory award for […]
Article on birth injury discussion on Midwest Radio May 21st
The restrictions on fathers attending at maternity hospitals due to Covid-19 restrictions has once again highlighted how the needs and requirements of women while pregnant and giving birth are often overlooked, ignored and unheard.
The medical negligence victim turned negligence solicitor
Johan Verbruggen, who has Erb’s palsy, says his parents ‘were told it was their own fault’
€1.3m interim settlement for birth injury approved
The High Court has approved an interim settlement of €1.3 million in the case of a four-year-old girl who was brain damaged at birth.