Parents may sue over death of handicapped baby

THE country’s leading children’s hospital could be facing a major negligence claim after a coroner’s court in Dublin yesterday ruled that a 15-month-old baby with Down Syndrome died as a result of medical misadventure.

An inquest into the death of Megan Neary of Leinster Avenue, North Strand, Dublin, heard that a feeding tube had been incorrectly fitted into the baby girl at Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin last January.

A pathology report said Megan's death was caused by the leaking of the contents of the feeding tube into an abdominal cavity instead of her stomach.