Hospital apologises after death of grandmother who lost 17 litres of blood during surgery

The children of Freda Fox settled for €200,000 a High Court action over her death six years ago

The very complex and major Whipple surgery, the High Court heard, was carried out on mother-of-six, Freda Fox, by two trainee surgeons at the Dublin hospital.

St Vincent’s University Hospital has apologised in the High Court to the family of a 76-year-old woman who died after losing 17 litres of blood during surgery.

The very complex and major Whipple surgery, the High Court heard, was carried out on mother-of-six, Freda Fox, by two trainee surgeons at the Dublin hospital. The apology was read out in court as the six Fox children settled for €200,000 a High Court action over her death six years ago.