HSE apologises to man left blind after routine gland op

The HSE yesterday apologised in the High Court to a 32-year-old father of two who went in to Cork University Hospital for a routine gland operation on the base of his brain but ended up blind after his optic nerve was cut.

The apology was read out as part of the settlement of bar manager Eoin White’s action over the operation in October 2012, which has left him legally blind.

Mr White, of The Walk, Heron’s Wood, Carrigaline, Co Cork, has no vision in his left eye and only a small amount of vision in his right eye.