Girl gets €198k damages over birth injury to eye

An eight-year-old girl who was injured in the eye by a forceps during delivery has settled her High Court action for €198,000 damages. The High Court heard the child, Princess Ibeh, has had to wear glasses but will be able to stop doing so shortly.

Princess, from Elm Park, Wilton, Cork, had, through her mother Dzifa Ibeh, sued the HSE as a result of the injuries she sustained during her birth at St Finbarr’s Hospital, Cork on October 18, 2006.

It was claimed that there was an alleged failure to use the forceps correctly, appropriately and competently and to ensure that the doctor who carried out the forceps delivery was sufficiently competent and had the skills to do so.