Son sustained injuries after surgery, says mother

A YOUNG boy is totally blind, severely brain-damaged, incontinent and needs 24-hour care after undergoing a procedure at a Cork hospital to deal with a blocked shunt/tube at the age of two, the High Court in Dublin heard yesterday.

It is claimed Darragh Crowley sustained catastrophic personal injuries as a result of negligence and inadequate monitoring of him after an operation at Cork University Hospital.

Through his mother, Hannah Crowley of Tullig, Millstreet, Co Cork, Darragh has sued the Southern Health Board; Muhammed Rafay Zafar, a neuro Surgical Registrar practising at CUH; Peter Kennefick, a consultant anaesthetist; Julian Cahill, an intern; Imbad Ali, a medical registrar; Amy Lee Chong, a senior house officer and Charles Marks, a consultant neurosurgeon.