High Court reassures doctor trust

THE landmark High Court ruling against the attempt by disgraced obstetrician Dr Michael Neary to prevent Rosemary Cunningham from suing him for wrongfully removing her left ovary, has profound implications for many women who have suffered at the hands of the doctor.

With two other defendants, the North Eastern Health Board and the Medical Missionaries of Mary, who ran Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, Dr Neary claimed Mrs Cunningham’s action was statute barred and should be struck out.

The verdict will be welcomed by 100 other women who claim their wombs were unnecessarily removed by the same doctor and the way is open for those cases to be lodged against the defendants.