Cork boy, 13, settles action against Rotunda Hospital over foot burn when a baby

It was their case a solution after a cannula was inserted caused a burn to the baby’s left foot and he has been left with a scar

Tomiwa Bobby Agbaje from Mallow, Co Cork, was only five days old and in the ICU in the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, when the incident occurred. File picture

A 13-year-old boy who, when he was a baby in hospital suffered a burn to his leg when a solution allegedly leaked from a tube inserted in his foot has settled his High Court action for €75,000.

Tomiwa Bobby Agbaje from Mallow, Co Cork, was only five days old and in the ICU in the Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, when the incident occurred.