Girl who suffered catastrophic brain injury after operation awarded €3m

Chloe Flaherty, Knocknacarra, Galway, whose case was settled with an interim payment of €3m at the High Court on Tuesday, November 9

A €3m interim settlement has been approved by the High Court for a girl who suffered brain damage after she was allegedly discharged from hospital without antibiotics following cranial surgery when she was 18 months old.

Chloe Flaherty, now 14, is physically disabled and mentally challenged. She was discharged from the Children's University Hospital, Temple Street, in Dublin in 2009 without antibiotic cover or prescription despite having required antibiotics up to the day of her discharge, it was claimed.