Patient died after contracting two superbugs

A woman died in hospital after contracting what were described yesterday as two ‘hospital superbugs’ at the South Infirmary/Victoria Hospital almost nine years ago. And yesterday the family of the deceased was awarded €50,000.

The settlement offer of €50,000 was made by South Infirmary/Victoria Hospital Ltd of Old Blackrock Road, Cork, at the High Court sitting in Cork.

Eileen O’Sullivan, aged 58, died in the hospital on July 21, 2007. The settlement offer in the case, described by the plaintiff’s counsel John O’Mahony as a medical negligence action, was made to the family of the deceased and brought to court by Shirley Babington of Gurranabraher Road, Cork.