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 because of human error, a conference on medical negligence heard on Friday. Roger Murray, joint managing partner at Callan Tansey...

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. A letter of apology on behalf of the HSE and hospital management and staff was read out as Sadhbh Farrell settled...