'Our arms are empty, hearts are broken': Couple settles action over death of newborn

Court told family had previously suffered two stillbirths at the same hospital and that baby Cian's death could have been avoided
'Our arms are empty, hearts are broken': Couple settles action over death of newborn

Breda Hunt, mother of Cian. 

A couple who sued over the death of their baby three days after his birth at Mayo University Hospital have settled a High Court action against the HSE.

Baby Cian Hunt died in his parents' arms on October 6, 2018 in a Dublin hospital where he had been transferred for specialist treatment to reduce swelling of his brain.

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