Cork mother breaks down as she tells court hospitals dismissed her fears for daughter Abi McGeough

LeslieAnn McGeough said: 'The truth should always come out when adverse events occur, not for the purposes of punishing but rather to prevent such a further tragedy occurring again.'

Family and friends of Abi (Abigail) McGeough (left to right) Abina McGeough, Leslie Ann McGeough (mother), Sabrina McGeough (aunt) and Jessica Ricken outside the Four Courts in Dublin today. Photo: Collins Courts

A mother whose 12-year-old daughter died at Cork University Hospital has said the health system “seriously failed” her daughter.

“This is no way to run a health system,” she said as she called outside the Four Courts for the minister for health to ensure hospital patient safety managers investigate adverse outcomes in their hospitals “in a proper, fair, timely and impartial way without forcing people like me to go down the legal route to get the truth”.