Cork woman alleges untreated infection as a baby left her profoundly disabled

Independent experts said that were it not for alleged breaches of duty the baby would have avoided her injuries and disability

It is alleged that Jane Harte was born healthy but she contracted an infection and her condition deteriorated catastrophically over her first 17 hours of her life at City General Hospital on October 8, 1995. Picture: Pexels

A profoundly disabled Cork woman has alleged that a potentially deadly, untreated infection was allowed to fester for hours after her birth in a Cork hospital and has left her catastrophically injured.

Jane Harte, represented by her mother Olivia Harte, is suing Pallany Pillay, a retired consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist who operated City General Hospital in Cork before it closed in 2000.