Photograph: Getty ImagesA Kerry man who is paralysed from the neck down and has severe locked-in syndrome after a stroke has launched a High Court action over a brain scan carried out at University Hospital Kerry. Mr O’Driscoll’s counsel Liam Reidy SC, instructed by Cantillons Solicitors, told the court mediation had not been successful last week. Mr O’Driscoll, it was claimed, was intubated on arrival and a CT brain and intracranial angiogram scan was later performed. It was noted on January 5th that Mr O’Driscoll in retrospect had a sudden stroke and that he had severe locked-in syndrome. It denied it caused a progression of Mr O’Driscoll’s neurological deficit as a result of which he has locked-in syndrome.
