Family of Cork woman who died of cancer aged 30 settle case alleging delay in diagnosis

The court heard that Lauren McDonald's young daughter had to watch her mother for over three years in dire abdominal distress

Lauren's mother had sued the HSE over the care her daughter received at Mallow General Hospital. File photo: Gavin Browne

The family of a young mother who died of cancer settled for €800,000 an action against the HSE and three medics over an alleged delay in her diagnosis on Friday.

Lauren McDonald, Mallow, Co. Cork, was only 30 years of age and the mother of a five-year-old daughter when she died due to complications relating to her colon cancer in 2009.