Hospital apologises to grieving parents for 'deficit in care' after baby's skull was fractured during forceps delivery

Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda has apologised in court for the "deficit in care" to a baby boy who died hours after his skull was fractured during delivery, writes Ann O’Loughlin. 

Counsel Liam Reidy SC told the High Court the circumstances of Evan Tuite’s delivery were "horrific" and in the instrumental delivery the baby’s skull was fractured.