The High Court has approved an interim payment of €3 million in a settlement for a girl who suffered brain damage after allegedly being discharged from hospital without antibiotics following cranial surgery when she was 18-months-old.
Chloe Flaherty, now 14, is physically disabled and mentally challenged. She was discharged from the Children’s University Hospital (CUH), Temple Street in Dublin in 2009 without antibiotic cover or prescription despite having required antibiotics up to the day of her discharge, it was claimed.
Liability was not admitted by the hospital.
The action was taken through Chloe’s father, Patrick Flaherty, of Radharc Na Farraige, Ballymoneen Road, Knocknacarra, Co Galway.
It was claimed, among other things, that the hospital failed to take measures to ensure she was free from infection prior to discharge, failed to clarify the cause of her persistent high temperatures, and failed to provide sufficient information or advice to the parents about monitoring for further infection.
The claims were denied.
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