Baby died after standard haemophilia op, court hears

BABY Pierce Nowlan died three days after a standard medical procedure to assist the management of his haemophilia, Dublin City Coroner’s Court heard yesterday.

Stephen Nowlan, Carrigmore Green, Saggart, Co Dublin, described how his only child, who had severe haemophilia, went into hospital on his second birthday.

Three days later, October 14, 2004, he identified his body at Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, after the boy had been declared brain dead.