HIQA to probe bungled air lift

THE family of teenager Maedhbh McGivern, who lost out on a liver transplant after a bungled attempt to fly her to a London hospital, has welcomed a state inquiry into the incident but said they do not want a witch hunt.

“We don’t want heads to roll,” said her father, Joe McGivern.

“We know there was no badness or vindictiveness in what happened and whoever made the mistakes knows themselves where they went wrong.