A woman who claimed she felt the scalpel as it cut into her during a caesarean section under local anaesthetic to deliver her baby has settled her High Court action against the National Maternity Hospital, Holles St, Dublin.

A woman who claims she felt the scalpel as it cut into her during a caesarean section under local anaesthetic to deliver her second child has sued the National Maternity Hospital, Holles St, Dublin, in the High Court.