Limerick girl who sued hospital over eye abscess treatment settles case for €115k

Girl was admitted to the A&E department of University Hospital Limerick in December 2017 and did not have the abscess drained for two days, court heard

It was claimed the abscess should not have been drained by incision and the girl, who is now 13 years of age, has been left with a scar. Picture: Dan Linehan

A young girl who, it is claimed, has been left with some double vision after an alleged delay in treatment at University Hospital Limerick for an eye abscess has settled her High Court action for €115,000.

Lorna Browne was only seven years of age, and at school, when she developed a very large and aggressive lump on her left eye, her counsel Patrick Treacy, instructed by Cian O’Carroll solicitors, told the High Court.