Elderly man who fell twice in Beaumont Hospital settles for €145,000

Donna King, from Trim, Co Meath, leaving the Four Courts in Dublin after a High Court action on behalf of her father, Frank King was settled. Picture: Collins Courts

An elderly man who fell twice while a patient at Beaumont Hospital injuring his hips has settled a High Court action for €145,000.

Retired builder Frank King, Mr Justice Kevin Cross was told, first fractured his left hip and then his right in two separate falls within a few weeks of each other in 2017.