CUMH apologises over damage to woman's small intestine during childbirth

Court hears claims the lower part of woman's small intestine was transected and allegedly damaged as she gave birth by caesarean section

Zoe Lane Forrest claimed she is haunted by the memories of the chaos which unfolded at the time and said she had a general anesthetic and spent three days in Cork University Maternity Hospital's high dependency unit after the birth and lost a chance to bond with her newborn baby. Photo: Collins Courts

Cork University Maternity Hospital has apologised in court to a woman after a part of her small intestine was allegedly damaged during the delivery of her second child by caesarean section.

The hospital said it regrets and apologises for “the suffering which Zoe Lane Forrest has undergone as a result of the medical procedure which she underwent in the hospital on April 6, 2018”. The woman’s counsel, Dr John O’Mahony SC with Patrick Keane SC and Doireann O’Mahony BL, told the court it was a very sad case and Ms Lane Forrest only got to leave hospital seven days after the delivery of her baby daughter.