Boy wins €1.6m interim payment from HSE

A 7-year-old boy who suffered damage during his birth at a Cork hospital and now has cerebral palsy has settled his action for damages against the HSE with a €1.6m interim payment.

Boy wins €1.6m interim payment from HSE

The payment will cover the needs of Arron Michael O’Keeffe for the next two years. Approving the settlement, Ms Justice Mary Irvine said that, in two years, the High Court will assess Arron’s needs annually.

Arron had sued the HSE though his mother, Helen O’Keeffe, of The Island, Kiskeam, Mallow, Co Cork, as a result of the circumstances surrounding his birth at Erinville Hospital, Western Rd, Cork, on Apr 11, 2006.

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