Maternity hospital apologises for 'failings in care' as boy settles case with €6m interim payout

it was claimed baby suffered haemorrhage during delivery at The Coombe Hospital on May 24, 2017, but it was undiagnosed until he was brought to another hospital on June 2, where he had an emergency craniotomy and suffered brain damage arising from delay in treating the haemorrhage

Dermot and Nicolina Clavin at the High Court where their son Jack settled an action with the Coombe Hospital and the HSE with a €6m interim payment. Picture: Collins Courts

A boy who, it was claimed, ended up with brain damage after a skull haemorrhage went undiagnosed after his delivery at The Coombe Hospital, Dublin has settled a High Court action with a €6m interim payout.

Jack Clavin, the High Court heard, nine days after his birth had to have an emergency craniotomy when his parents brought him to another hospital because he was unwell and an emergency CT scan found a subgaleal haemorrhage and he had suffered a stroke.