HSE apologises for care shortcomings

The HSE has apologised in the High Court for the shortcomings in care provided to a mother who had sued over the alleged mismanagement of her pregnancy and the death of her baby son at Wexford General Hospital.

The apology was read out in court as part of the settlement of an action brought by Mignon Underwood whose baby son Conor died and was a stillborn birth on September 25, 2012.

Counsel Eileen Barrington read out a letter signed by a HSE general manager which on behalf of the HSE, Wexford General Hospital and all the staff involved in the mother and baby’s care expressed “their sincere and unreserved apologies for the shortcomings in the care provided for you and your baby in September 2012”.