Toddler who had peanut fragments in lung settles case against hospital for €60k

Girl settles court action against Temple Street hospital over care she received in emergency department in 2019

Girl had to have emergency surgery to remove peanut fragments from her left lung, court heard.

A toddler who was brought to hospital amid fears a peanut had gone down the wrong way was allegedly discharged without specialist assessment and the peanut remained “in situ for over two months” when the girl suffered a collapsed lung, the High Court has heard.

Alice Gernon’s condition, her counsel told the High Court deteriorated and two months after the first hospital visit, she was X-rayed at another hospital and had to have emergency surgery. Counsel said peanut fragments were removed from the two-year old’s left lung.