Family settle organ failure case for €560k

The family of a woman who died of multi-organ failure seven days after she had a hysterectomy at Mount Carmel private hospital, Dublin have settled their High Court action for €560.000.

Linda Royal, a 50-year-old mother of three, with an address at Forest Green, Kingswood Heights, Tallaght, died in September 2008, days after a routine operation.

Desmond O’Neill, for the family, told the High Court that Mrs Royal became septic and this carried on for a number of days without being noticed. She was transferred as an emergency to St James’s Hospital for an operation, and it was found that she had organ failure.