Crumlin hospital criticised over Róisín Ruddle death

A report into the death of two-year-old Róisín Ruddle last year has criticised management at Crumlin children’s hospital for failing to tackle a shortage of intensive care nurses.

The Limerick toddler, who was born with a heart defect, died last July a day after her planned operation at Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children was cancelled due to a lack of paediatric intensive care nurses.