Ms K and Coombe Hospital facing legal bills of €1m each

The Coombe Women's Hospital is facing a substantial costs bill of more than €1m over its successful High Court action for declarations that it was entitled to administer a necessary blood transfusion to a female member of the Jehovah Witness faith against her wishes.

Last month, in what was a landmark decision, the High Court determined that the Coombe Women's Hospital's acted lawfully in getting a court order allowing it give a necessary blood transfusion to the 24-year-old woman from the Congo, known as Ms K, against her wishes.