The HSE has apologised to the family of a 34-year-old nurse with severe post-natal depression, who killed her baby son and took her own life in Dublin almost four years ago.
The Health Service Executive has apologised to the family of a 34-year-old nurse with severe postnatal depression, who killed her baby son and took her own life in Dublin almost four years ago.
Senior Counsel Bruce Antoniotti told the court the case was particularly harrowing and distressing. He said Mr Coleman had been living in a nightmare since October 2020. The court heard Ms Keane was focused on a belief that she had damaged her baby in some way and that he did not like her. She had a passive death wish, Mr Antoniotti said. She also told doctors and nurses that she had broken or"botched" her baby, and that there was no love or bonding between them. She expressed worries that she might do something to harm her baby.
On 13 October, the court heard a public health nurse told the treating psychiatrist that she felt Ms Keane’s mental state had deteriorated, but the response was that her sister should be contacted. This did not happen the court was told and Mr Coleman was not told either. Mr Antoniotti told the court that a lot of people did not deem postnatal depression to be serious, but he said studies had shown that 4 to 5% of all mothers suffered from it. If it was not treated properly something like this could happen again, he said, and Mr Coleman hoped it never did.
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