Girl who suffered perforated eardrum after attempt to remove bead settles for €250k

The girl also suffered some hearing loss

Hannah Jones was six years of age and making a necklace with beads when she inserted a bead in her left ear and had to be referred to Children’s University Hospital, Temple Street, Dublin to have it removed. File picture: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews.ie

A young girl whose eardrum was perforated and who suffered some hearing loss after an attempt was made at a hospital A&E to have a bead that was lodged in her ear removed, has settled a High Court action for over €250,000.

Hannah Jones was six years of age and making a necklace with beads when she inserted a bead in her left ear and had to be referred to Children’s University Hospital, Temple Street, Dublin to have it removed.