Apologise to cerebral palsy girl, HSE urged

The HSE should apologise to a little girl who has been left with dyskinetic cerebral palsy after her birth at a Cork hospital, her counsel told the High Court yesterday.

Grace Orchard’s life has in every respect been destroyed and there was an “appalling, poor handling” of her delivery at St Finbarr’s Maternity Hospital, Cork, Senior Counsel Dr John O’Mahony said.

“This is a tragedy for Grace,” he told Mr Justice Daniel Herbert, who has been asked to assess damages in the case after the HSE admitted liability.