'Laoise is never coming home': Father of premature baby who died following procedure speaks of 'hollow victory'

'Laoise is never coming home': Father of premature baby who died following procedure speaks of 'hollow victory'

Coilín O Scolaí with his wife, Irene Kavanagh speaking to the media outside High Court. Picture: Collins Court

The father of a premature baby who died after undergoing a procedure at the Coombe Hospital has vowed to make sure no other family goes through what his family has.

Baby Laoise Kavanagh Ni Scolaí was a twin who was only 42 hours and 27 minutes old when she died after her heart was penetrated with plastic tubing while an attempt was being made to insert a chest drain eight years ago.

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