The case was settled without any admission of liability
Jane will be able to get physio, to swim and will have a “far better quality of life”, she added.
At the opening of the case, Jane’s counsel, Dr John O’Mahony SC, told the court it was their case that after she was born healthy but had significant difficulty with her breathing and “went dramatically downhill”. Dr O’Mahony, instructed by Callan Tansey solicitors, told the court that it was their case appropriate steps should have been taken at City General Hospital and, if given antibiotics, Jane would have recovered.
Counsel said records from the closed hospital were destroyed in 2015 and these proceedings were initiated three years ago.
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