€30k award for woman distressed by videoing of birth in Cork hospital

A €30,000 award was made yesterday to a woman for distress caused by the videoing of procedures for medical research when she was giving birth.

A €30,000 award was made yesterday to a woman who sued Cork University Maternity Hospital for distress caused by the videoing of procedures for medical research when she was giving birth, writes Liam Heylin.

Laura O’Neill, of Hillcrest Avenue, Blarney Rd, Cork, gave birth at the hospital on April 8, 2014, but she said she was very distressed to find that the birth was video-recorded.