Physio receives €1m in damages after fall on ice

A physiotherapist was awarded damages of over €1m against the HSE yesterday arising from a fall on icy steps at Baggott St Community Hospital, Dublin, four years ago.

Nilofar Ikram, a 36-year-old married mother-of-two, who now lives in Dooradoyle, Limerick, slipped when she went to help an elderly person on the hospital steps.

After a six-day hearing in the High Court, sitting in Limerick, Mr Justice David Keane ruled the HSE had failed in its duty of care, and this failure directly led to the accident, which caused the plaintiff’s injuries.