Girl gets €187k for hearing diagnosis delay

Substantial delays in diagnosing and treating a child’s severe hearing difficulties resulted in an award to the seven-year-old girl yesterday of €187,500 from the HSE.

Some €130,000 of the award was lodged at the High Court for the benefit of Hannah White until she reaches the age of 18.

The balance of €57,500 was for special damages to cover surgery at the world-renowned Portland Hospital in London, where parents Mark and Monica White, of Cairn Woods, Ballyviniter, Mallow, Co Cork, brought their daughter privately for a cochlear implant.