Legal Affairs Correspondent
Sligo University Hospital has apologised at the High Court to the parents of a five-and-a-half year old girl who was catastrophically injured at her birth.
The parents of Megan McGoldrick called for policies and procedures to be reviewed, to prevent such an incident happening again.
The court approved an interim settlement of €2.5 million for Megan, whose parents will return to court in three years time for the payment of further sums.
The total settlement during Megan s life is likely to be among the largest paid out in such a case.
The hospital and the HSE apologised to John and Andrea McGoldrick for the negligent management of the labour and delivery.
HSE and Sligo University Hospital apologise to Irish girl with cerebral palsy over circumstances of birth as she secures â¬2.5m interim settlement
Megan McGoldrick from Sligo received catastrophic injuries as a result of the deficits in care
05/05/2021 Collect image of Megan McGoldrick. Pic Supplied by family (Image: Collins Photo Agency)
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The HSE and Sligo University Hospital have apologised in the High Court to the family of a five-year-old girl with cerebral palsy who sued over the circumstances of her birth.
The apology was read as Megan McGoldrick from Sligo secured an interim payment of â¬2.5 millon for her care over the next three years.
Megan has dyskinetic cerebral palsy and is unable to communicate verbally, Mr Justice Kevin Cross was told. She is a happy little girl, it was stated.
The apology from the Sligo hospital manager said both the HSE and the hospital wish to sincerely apologise to the McGoldrick family for the ânegligent care and managementâ during Andrea McGoldrickâs labour and the delivery on November 28th, 2015.
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Dear editor,
Does your paper have the resources to locate the section of criminal law of which the 25 people and/or the priest, who gathered for prayer at a private location last Sunday were in breach?
If a breach did not occur, as we suspect, is the person who called in the Gardai, guilty of harassment, or of some other misdemeanour?
Please note the statement by Minister Stephen Donnelly, Minister for Health in Dail Eireann on 22nd October last year: “I assure the Deputy (Michael McNamara) and other colleagues that with regard to penalties, religious services are non-penal in that there is no penalty attached to them.”