Doctors should 'please listen to what parents have to say' 

'Our lives were shattered' says mum whose boy was left blind and unable to walk after 'appalling' treatment at CUH

Conor McCormack, Frankfield, Douglas, Cork, settled his action for €25m. He is pictured here in 2014 before he went in to hospital with problems with his brain shunt.

“Our lives were shattered,” said Sandra McCormack, whose son was left blind and unable to walk as a teenager after he went to Cork University Hospital (CUH) with brain shunt problems.

As Conor McCormack, 23, settled a legal action for €25m over his treatment at the hospital, his mother told the High Court how their cries for help went unanswered when her son collapsed at home and was rushed to CUH seven years ago.