Hospital failed to diagnose infection

A 5-year old boy who has been left brain-damaged and permanently disabled has sued Temple Street Children’s Hospital, Dublin, over a failure to diagnose an infection when he was 11 months old.

Benjamin Gillick has cerebral palsy, is quadriplegic, and cannot speak, his counsel, Dermot Gleeson, told the High Court.

He said Benjamin, who is now nearly six, suffered a brain stem injury when he was 11 months old, which should not have happened.