Man receives apology from Cork University Hospital as he settles case for €2.1m

Cork University Hospital has apologised in the High Court to a man for the shortcomings in his care when he was having CT (computed tomography) scans at the hospital.

The apology from the hospital chief executive was read to the court after the man, who suffered a brain injury when he had a heart attack during a scan five years ago, settled his legal action for €2.1 million.

The man cannot be named by order of the court.

The man’s counsel, Oonah McCrann SC, instructed by Cantillons solicitors, told the court that if a first CT scan had been correctly reported and shown an abscess at the back wall of the throat, the man would not have needed another type of CT scan which required a sedative.

Ms McCrann said the man was given a sedative but suffered a cardiac arrest and a brain injury.

In the statement, Cork University Hospital’s chief executive apologised to the man and his family for “the shortcomings in care” which occurred.

“I appreciate that this has been a very…

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