Baby not diagnosed properly gets €6.7m

A 5-year-old boy who has been left brain-damaged and permanently disabled after a failure to diagnose an infection when he was a baby has settled his action against Temple Street Children’s Hospital, Dublin with an interim payout of €6.7m.

Children’s University Hospital, Temple St, also apologised in court “for the failing” that caused injuries to Benjamin Gillick.

The boy has has cerebral palsy, is quadriplegic, and cannot speak, the High Court heard.