Boy gets €3m over birth brain injuries

A boy who sued over severe brain injuries suffered during his birth at Dublin’s Rotunda Hospital has secured an interim payment of €3m under a settlement of his High Court action.

Mr Justice Kevin Cross approved the settlement made in favour of Mohammad Daud Assad, now aged 11, who has cerebral palsy and will require full-time care for the rest of his life.

In proceedings brought on the boy’s behalf, it was claimed that a delay by the hospital in delivering the infant by caesarean section caused his injuries. Had he been delivered several hours earlier, he would not have sustained such catastrophic injuries, it was alleged.