Inquiry into failed transplant flight to take 2-3 weeks

AN investigation into the circumstances that led to a young girl being unable to fly to a London hospital for a liver transplant is expected to be completed in two to three weeks.

Yesterday the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) announced the terms of reference of its inquiry into why 14-year-old Meadhbh McGivern missed her liver transplant.

Meadhbh, from Ballinamore, Co Leitrim, was about to board a Coast Guard helicopter at Strandhill airport in Co Sligo on July 2 when she and her parents, Joe and Assumpta, were informed they would not make it to King’s College Hospital London before the 2am deadline.