Deirdre’s questions were not answered

A family who received one of Ireland’s biggest ever medical negligence pay outs after a decade-long battle with the HSE have called for a radical overhaul of how injured patients are treated by the system.

Deirdre Courtney made the call a year after she and her family received an €11m no-fault High Court settlement on behalf of their daughter, Brid.

Speaking during the Patients’ Rights, Access to Justice and the Case for Candour conference, Ms Courtney said she was “completely misled” by the system after her daughter suffered serious complications during birth on Feb 24, 2003.