'All I will have is memories,' says mother as girl, 12, settles spinal tumour diagnosis case

Her mother broke down in the High Court as she told how the young girl is “not going to last.”

Against Temple Street Children’s Hospital it was claimed there was an alleged failure to deal in a timely and effective manner with the tumour and an alleged failure to exercise any or any reasonable care in surveillance so as to promptly identify the presence of the tumour. File photo

A 12-year-old girl with a life expectancy of six months who had sued over an alleged delay in the diagnosis of a tumour on her spine has settled her High Court action for €675,000.

Her mother, who was praised for her heroic 24-hour care of her daughter, broke down in the High Court as she told how the young girl is “not going to last.” The girl who will be 13 years old next month and cannot be identified by order of the court had first gone to a hospital A&E two years ago complaining of unexplained neck pain but she was diagnosed as having a cyst.