Midleton toddler inquest jury urges HSE to publish review

The jury at an inquest into the death of a toddler who fell from an upstairs window has urged the HSE to immediately publish the findings of an external review into the handling of the 999 call after the accident.

The jury also urged all families to review the safety of windows in their homes after hearing how two-year-old Vakaris Martinaitis fell to his death in Midleton, Co Cork, last May from a bedroom window with no locking mechanism.

They returned a verdict of accidental death after hearing a second day of evidence at Cork City Coroner’s Court in relation to the toddler’s death at Cork University Hospital on May 8 last, two days after his fall at the family home in The Paddocks, Castleredmond.