HSE pay out €67m for childbirth malpractice in hospitals

The HSE paid out €165m to patients and members of the public as a result of incidents in their hospitals over the past five years.

Around €67m of that was compensation after claims of medical malpractice during birth procedures.

Also, €3.6m of the payments happened as a result of patient exposure to "medication fluids, medical gases and biological hazards".

The information has been released to the Irish Times under Freedom of Information legislation.