Disabled little boy a victim of 'systemic failures' by HSE and Tusla, says Ombudsman
Jack – not his real name – is now eight-years-old but was just three when he was involved in a serious road traffic accident in another country, resulting in a brain injury and other life-changing injuries.
A little boy with profound disabilities bounced between different hospitals for more than two years because the HSE and Tusla both failed to come up with plans to facilitate his needs.
An investigation by the Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) found that during this period, the boy was essentially isolated from contact with other children, rarely saw his younger sister, contracted an infection while in hospital and had to be placed in a single room.
