Maternity hospital to pay €2.35m to family

THE High Court has approved an award of €2.35 million in damages to the family of a woman who died shortly after giving birth at a Dublin maternity hospital.

Taz (Tazeem) Kenefick, a 35-year-old dentist, died following complications that occurred during and shortly after she gave birth to her second child, a son named Louis, at the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street, Dublin, on November 28, 2004.

Arising out of the circumstances of her death, her husband Kevin Kenefick, also a dental surgeon, of Putland Road, Bray, Co Wicklow, brought proceedings for alleged negligence and breach of duty against both the National Maternity Hospital and a consultant obstetrician, Dr Stephen Carroll.