Boy who sued HSE over alleged delay in appendicitis diagnosis settles action for €87.5k

The court heard the boy's parents had to pay for a private ambulance to transport their son from Wexford General Hospital to a Dublin hospital for surgery when there was no ambulance in Wexford

Conor had been brought to Wexford General Hospital on August 18, 2013, with a three-day history of vomiting and a high temperature. File photo: P.J. Browne

A young boy who sued, claiming that there had been an alleged failure to diagnose his acute appendicitis at a hospital leading to an alleged 24-hour delay before he had surgery, has settled a High Court action against the HSE for €87,500.

The parents of Conor Naughton, who was then four years old, the High Court heard, had to pay for a private ambulance to transport their son from Wexford General Hospital to a Dublin hospital for surgery when there was no ambulance in Wexford.