Woman has exceeded life expectancy on which a €2.5m settlement was reached in 2013
A High Court judge has been asked to decide a dispute over the future care of a woman who has been in a vegetative state for about a decade.
The woman is a ward of court and the dispute over future care has arisen because a €2.5 million settlement obtained by her in 2013 ran out last September. She has exceeded the life expectancy on which the settlement was based. The family employed a total of four carers and two nurses in providing 24-hour care funded via the wards of court office.
The father said that when his daughter was in hospital, a surgeon had told staff to train him in suctioning because it did not have the staff to go to her when necessary. She also experienced bed sores there but experienced none at home, he added.The HSE maintains it would be better clinically and financially to have the future care provided in the nursing home setting.
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