CUMH apologises as boy, 8, gets €22.5m for 'devastating' meningitis infection

Settlement one of the highest before the High Court for a person who has suffered extensive brain damage

Calum Spillane's mother, Linda Spillane speaking outside courth with husband Patrick, solicitors Declan Molan and John Brooks following today's settlement. Picture Collins

An eight-year-old boy who suffered brain damage after contracting a meningitis infection in the days after his birth in a Cork hospital has settled his High Court action for €22.5m.

Cork University Maternity Hospital today apologised “unreservedly“ in court to Calum Spillane and his family “for the delay in diagnosing Calum’s infection and the injuries he suffered.”