Jury in Ava Barry inquest recommends national protocol to oversee medicinal cannabis in hospitals

Ava Barry from Aghabullogue with her mum Vera Twomey. Picture: David Keane

The death of a child with epilepsy whose mother successfully fought for access to medicinal cannabis to treat her seizures has prompted a call for a national policy in how hospitals oversee the administration of such medicines.

A jury at Cork Coroner’s Court recommended the policy be called ‘Ava’s protocol’, after Cork girl Ava Barry.