Sligo hospital apologises for 'shortcomings' as case settled after 'most protracted litigation'

The woman’s husband, who was later diagnosed with post traumatic stress disorder after the hospital events, thought his wife was going to die.

Outside court the family solicitor Daniel Hughes read a statement on behalf of the couple in which they said they were grateful after four years “and most protracted litigation” that the legal case had come to an end through a recent mediation. Photo: Collins

Sligo University Hospital has apologised in the High Court for “the shortcomings in clinical judgement” when a woman presented at its A&E in severe pain.

Jennifer McTague was in so much pain she had to be given morphine but it was claimed she was discharged home in the early hours. When she came back to the hospital hours later she was in severe distress and she had to have extensive surgery for a bowel obstruction.