A seven-year-old girl with cerebral palsy who had sued over the circumstances of her birth at a Galway hospital has settled her High Court action for €6m.
Faye Walsh, Mr Justice Kevin Cross was told, has spastic quadriplegia, is non-verbal and can only communicate with her family by making noises and smiling.
She is a full-time wheelchair user and will require 24-hour care for the rest of her life.
Counsel for Faye, Denis McCullough SC, told the court it was their case that an obstetrician should have been notified earlier and the vacuum-assisted delivery of Faye at University Hospital, Galway, on August 15, 2011, should have been done earlier.
Outside court, the Walsh’s solicitor Michael Boylan said it was the end of a two-week trial and a four-year battle for the Walsh family.
Faye Walsh (aged 7) had through her mother Martina, of Letterfrack, Co Galway, sued the HSE and two consultant obstetricians alleging negligence and breach of agreement in relation to her birth at University Hospital Galway on August 15th 2011.
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Source: Breaking News
