Looking for truth in tragedy

The report on Róisín Ruddle’s death offers answers but is overshadowed by the failures of a system that turned a critically-ill child away, says Catherine Shanahan

ALL things being equal, it is against the natural order for parents to outlive their child. All things being equal, seriously ill patients expect and deserve to be cared for by the health service most pay to provide.

There was little equality in the world Róisín Ruddle arrived into on May 16, 2001, or in the health service she was forced to depend on.