Girl, 5, settles action over allegedly delayed hip diagnosis after birth

The court was told it was only when the little girl was 18 months old and had an X-ray that a dislocation was discovered in her left hip.

Laila was born at Sligo University Hospital and when she was assessed her left hip was found to be of concern. It was noted there was a click within one day of birth which, it was claimed, is an indication of instability in the hip joint. File photo: Pexels

A five-year-old girl who, it was claimed, suffered an alleged delay in the diagnosis of her congenital hip dislocation after she was born has settled her High Court action for €70,000.

Laila Greenwood’s counsel Jonathan Kilfeather SC, with Doireann O’Mahony BL, told the High Court a ‘click’ was noted in the baby’s hip area when she was assessed a day after she was born at Sligo University Hospital.