Girl (10) who sued HSE over circumstances of birth agrees €3.25m interim settlement
Family argued CTG trace monitoring child’s heart rate was abnormal but not acted upon
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Taoiseach preaches compliance as Dáil hears latest on private practice stork at Rotunda
‘Breach’ deliveries of bonuses also occurring at other hospitals, Social Democrats TD reveals
Cancer and ambulance services among HSE websites shut down after cybersecurity incident
Affected pages providing information on various services taken offline after ‘unexpected’ server activity
Boy (11) settles High Court action over his birth at Cork hospital for €4m
HSE denies all claims made and says treatment was appropriate
Settlement of €3.5m ‘some comfort’ for boy left with cerebral palsy after birth at Cork hospital
Joanne Duggan says birth of twin boys should have been the happiest day of family’s lives, but ‘unfortunately it was the worst’
Home-birth system is a ‘risk to patient safety’, audit finds
No agreed maximum safe travel time to nearest maternity unit or self-employed community midwife, report shows
More than half of funded staff posts in endometriosis clinics unfilled, new figures show
Endometriosis is a chronic disease which affects about 10% of women and girls of reproductive age
Pregnant women enduring domestic violence are afraid to report it, study finds
Fear that children will be taken into care cited as a key reason for not telling maternity hospitals about abuse
Couple claim they suffered profound trauma when told stillborn baby’s brain had been retained
Couple suing for nervous shock after death of son at Cork University Maternity Hospital in 2018 say no consent given to retain child’s organ
One-third of maternal death due to suicide, report finds
Decline in women’s mental health, especially during Covid-19 pandemic, cited as factor
Appeal court refuses to overturn verdict that newborn baby died due to natural causes
Tommy Spencer was born in University Hospital Waterford on July 14th, 2018, and died four days later
Coroner agrees to quash decision to hear inquest into maternal death
Parties agreed there is a ‘reasonable apprehension’ of objective bias on part of coroner due to earlier decision, court hears
Cork girl (5) receives further €3m interim payment over post-birth care
Triplet Maja Moldysz, from Fermoy, was born healthy but suffered catastrophic injuries 22 hours after birth, court hears
Cork coroner to oppose family’s case brought over decisions made prior to maternal death inquest
Geraldine Yankeu died after 11 days in intensive care following the delivery of her stillborn baby
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