HSE apologises for baby death

THE HSE has apologised to the family of a baby who died from meningitis at Our Lady’s of Lourdes Hospital Louth Hospital, Drogheda.

Dean Patrick Kenny died aged 4 months at the hospital in July 2002. His family say they brought him to the hospital in the morning after a GP suspected he had meningitis, but he was sent home after he was examined by a doctor.

They say his condition worsened and they returned to the hospital that afternoon, when he died. They sued the HSE for mental distress.

The action has been resolved, but no details of were revealed.