Baby died from brain damage week after anaesthetic

An 18-month-old baby girl died from brain damage less than a week after being anaesthetised for an operation, an inquest heard tonight.

Dr Jacinta McGinley, an anaesthetist at Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin, admitted that Evie Pereira’s brain injuries had probably occurred during the anaesthetic procedure before an exploratory operation on April 19, 2002.