Cork mother breaks down in court telling of 'unbearable, horrendous pain' after spinal surgery

"I really thought it would be a good thing and would change my life to have the surgery done," Amanda O’Connell told the court.

Amanda OConnell 'thought she had nothing to lose and everything to gain', the court heard. Picture: Collins Courts

A mother-of-two who was told that spinal surgery at a Cork hospital would make her into a new woman has claimed she ended up with horrendous pain and later had to have revision surgery.

Amanda O’Connell has sued the HSE and consultant neurosurgeon Christopher Lim in the High Court as a result of the spinal surgery at Cork University Hospital six years ago. All the claims are denied.