Woman awarded €500,000 damages

A YOUNG Co Louth woman who suffers from an inflamed colon has been awarded more than €500,000 in damages by the High Court after a judge found her illness was not properly treated or managed by Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda and the HSE (North Eastern Health Board).

Michelle Myles, 24, of Chestnut Grove, Tallinstown, Co Louth, who in 2000 spent several months in intensive unit after her bowel ruptured, sued the HSE and the hospital for negligence and their failure of duty arising out of their treatment of her for a colon condition over seven years ago.

Ms Myles said she developed an inflamed colon, and was treated by defendants between September 1997 and August 2000. The defendants had denied the claims.