Parents seek answers at inquest into death of 16-month-old girl after heart condition deteriorated

Nina Heffernan was 16 months old when she died at Crumlin’s Children's Hospital on August 27, 2022

The inquest into the death of a baby with heart disease has heard her parents were told that when she was fitted with a pacemaker, she "would be fine”. File photo. 

The inquest into the death of a baby with heart disease has heard her parents were told that when she was fitted with a pacemaker, she "would be fine”.

However, the inquest heard, feeding became a “recurrent problem”, and she also caught a series of infections.