Kerry man with locked-in syndrome sues over brain scan at hospital

Christopher O’Driscoll has launched the High Court action against the HSE and Global Diagnostics (Ireland) Ltd which trades as Medica

Christopher O’Driscoll, who cannot speak, is tetraplegic and has to use a wheelchair, joined the proceedings in the Four Courts by video link from the nursing home where he now resides.

A Kerry man who is paralysed from the neck down and has severe locked-in syndrome after a stroke has launched a High Court action over a brain scan carried out at University Hospital Kerry.

Christopher O’Driscoll, who cannot speak, is tetraplegic and has to use a wheelchair, joined the proceedings in the Four Courts by video link from the nursing home where he now resides.