Cork woman catastrophically injured at birth wins important step in High Court case

It is alleged Jane Harte would have been spared all or most of her injuries had she received a simple antibiotic in the first 17 hours of her life.

Jane Harte and mother Olivia Harte. Picture: Larry Cummins

Screams of joy erupted as a Cork woman who suffered catastrophic injuries at birth won an important step in her case against a retired consultant and a now-closed private maternity hospital.

Jane Harte, now 26, was catastrophically injured at birth after a deadly infection was allegedly not treated at City General Hospital in Cork in 1995.