$285,000 for man in patient-neglect case

A man who became severely ill after undergoing what he was informed would be a simple one day medical procedure has been awarded €285,000 in damages by the High Court.

Mr Martin Mullins, Sallybrook, Glanmire, Co Cork who dropped five stone in weight after developing pancreatitis, sued consultant Gastroenterologist Dr. William Stack, The Cork Clinic, Western Road,