Hospital apologises over death of 31-year-old mother who suffered cervical cancer complications

Nicola Phillips, a mother of three, died of complications of cervical cancer nine years ago.

A representative of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, read a letter of apology to her husband David Phillips. File photo

A hospital has apologised in court and acknowledged the deficits in care which resulted in the untimely death of a mother of three.

Office administrator Nicola Phillips was 31 years of age when she died of complications of cervical cancer nine years ago.