Woman who alleges she suffered brain injury at birth in Limerick hospital settles action for €20.5m

It was claimed there was an alleged failure to carry out immediate prompt delivery of the baby by Caesarean section when a cord prolapse occurred

The woman had through her mother sued the HSE over the management of her birth in the 1990s at what was then St Munchin’s Regional Maternity Hospital, Limerick.

A woman who alleged she suffered a brain injury at birth in a Limerick hospital has settled her High Court action for €20.5m.

The woman, who cannot be identified by order of the court, is cognitively impaired and has other deficits and weakness down one side.