Heartbroken dad speaks of family's pain at deaths of wife and newborn son following hospital errors 

Kieran Downey was speaking after the verdicts of medical misadventure were passed on the deaths of his wife and newborn son

Kieran Downey, husband of the late Marie Downey, and father of the late Darragh Downey, at Cork City Coroner's Court for the inquest into their deaths at CUMH in 2019. Picture: Cork Courts Limited

The man whose wife and newborn son died within 33 hours of each other following a cascade of errors at Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH) says he fears a similar tragedy could happen again unless systems change.

Kieran Downey, whose wife, Marie, and baby son, Darragh, died at CUMH in March 2019, called last night for the swift implementation of a series of enhanced recommendations made by a jury following a harrowing three-day joint inquest at Cork City Coroner's Court into their deaths.