Raped child forced to wait 2 months for medical exam

An 11-year-old girl who was raped was forced to wait more than two months before a female doctor was available to examine her, the Ombudsman for Children has found.

The HSE’s failure to give the child any avenue to recover from her ordeal was also highlighted by the Ombudsman.

Ombudsman Emily Logan believed the HSE’s view that the child’s mother was difficult and challenging acted as an impediment to the child getting psychological or therapeutic support.