Hospital apologises to family of baby born headfirst onto floor while bedsheets were changed

It was claimed CT scan showed the baby girl suffered head injuries, including swelling to the brain and a brain bleed, and she died five months later, court told

The apology from Galway University Hospital was read out as Baby Chelsie’s parents, Valerie and Michael McDonagh, this week settled High Court nervous shock actions and her grandfather also settled an action on behalf of the family over her death.

A hospital has apologised to the parents of a baby girl who was born “head first” onto a floor after it was claimed the mother was advised to get off her hospital bed so the sheets could be changed.

Baby Chelsie McDonagh from Tuam, Co Galway, the High Court heard, died five months later.