6-year-old who was ‘born dead’ gets €5m

A SIX-YEAR-OLD child allegedly born dead and who only recovered a heart beat after seven minutes of life has secured e5.250m in an approved settlement in the High Court.

The child sued the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, through his mother, Amanda.

A e2m settlement was made also made in another medical negligence settlement case in the High Court where an eight-year-old child was alleged to have been a “fresh stillbirth” and was now a spastic quadriplegic (cerebral palsy).