Letterkenny University Hospital has apologised for failings that caused injuries to a baby who was brain damaged at birth. The apology was read in the High Court as Jack McGahern Donaghey, now aged four, who has cerebral palsy, settled his action with an interim payment of €2.5million. “With this interim settlement Jack will get the best support and care and help that he needs. It was claimed there was failure to recognise the maternal heart rate was being recorded instead of the fetal heart rate and a failure to recognise the loss of the fetal heart rate during the active second stage of labour. It was further claimed there was failure to adequately or accurately assess, diagnose or follow up on the baby’s heart rate during labour.

Source: The Irish Times December 20, 2019 13:30 UTC