CUMH apologises for delay in telling mother of changes there since her baby son's death

A March 2024 inquest into Elijah O’Sullivan’s death on May 6, 2022, recorded a verdict of medical misadventure

Rachel Harrington and Pat O’Sullivan at the Cork City Coroner’s Court for the inquest into the death of their son Elijah in 2022. Ms Harrington has been emailing CUMH since her son’s inquest, to try and find out - among other things - if the coroner’s recommendations have been implemented.

Cork University Maternity Hospital staff have apologized to the mother of a baby who died in their care for delays she later faced when trying to find out what had changed at the hospital since his death.

The apology comes more than 16 months after the March 2024 inquest into Elijah O’Sullivan’s death on May 6, 2022, recorded a verdict of medical misadventure.