Oct 16, 2018 | Medical Negligence
Medication safety at a number of hospitals has been criticised in a series of inspection reports published by the Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa). Hiqa inspectors who visited Letterkenny University Hospital found an absence of clear direction or...Aug 31, 2018 | Medical Negligence
A number of children received a double dose of the controversial swine flu vaccine, which is now at the centre of a global controversy over the sleep disorder narcolepsy, the Irish Independent can reveal. The HSE provided doctors with stockpiles of the vaccine when...Jul 19, 2018 | Medical Negligence
US pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson has been ordered to pay out $4.69 billion (€4 billion) in damages in a lawsuit representing 22 women and their families who alleged a talc sold by the company contained asbestos and caused them to suffer cancer. It is the...Jul 10, 2018 | Medical Negligence
A disabled 4-year-old boy who sued over the circumstances of his birth at Midwestern Regional Maternity Hospital in Limerick has secured a total €17.2 million in final settlement of his legal action. The settlement, against the HSE, was achieved following mediation. A...Jun 19, 2018 | Medical Negligence
A Co Dublin woman who was “afraid to smile” following a treatment on one of her teeth has settled a €60,000 negligence claim against her former dentist over the incident for an undisclosed sum. The woman, Roisin Mimnagh (50), of Marina Village, Malahide, claimed in...Jun 12, 2018 | Medical Negligence
The widow of a 42-year old father of three who died of a heart attack three weeks after presenting to his GP with pain in his chest and arms has secured a €800,000 settlement of her High Court action over his death. Allison Ryan’s counsel Bruce Antoniotti SC said...Jun 6, 2018 | Medical Negligence
A man who sued a GP and the HSE after his wife died just a day after a blood test showed she had low levels of potassium has settled his High Court action for €850,000. The court was told that mother-of-four Maureen O’Sullivan, who was in her 50s, should have...May 11, 2018 | Medical Negligence
A solicitor representing another woman who was diagnosed with cancer after receiving an incorrect smear test result believes the scandal is far broader than just cervical screenings. James McSweeney has called for any review or investigation to take in other...May 1, 2018 | Medical Negligence
Listening with interest to the storm surrounding screening for cervical cancer. We have had lots of media contact for the last few days as, it appears have others. There will be a review but it needs to be more root and branch than is being contemplated. ...
