Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
The family of a young mother who died seven months after falling into a coma following a heart attack after an emergency Caesarean section in a Dublin maternity hospital have secured ?690,000 under a settlement of their High Court action.
It was alleged the National Maternity Hospital had failed to address the risks of septicaemia, infection and other issues related to an intravenous insulin line for Jennifer Crean?s insulin-dependent diabetes. It was also claimed the administration of a general anaesthetic was inappropriate in the circumstances of her case.
Ms Crean (35), a mother of two from Ashford, Co Wicklow, died on February 10th, 2009, eight months after she had a heart attack while her second child, Daniel, was being delivered by Caesarean section at the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/1129/1224327258686.html
It was alleged the National Maternity Hospital had failed to address the risks of septicaemia, infection and other issues related to an intravenous insulin line for Jennifer Crean?s insulin-dependent diabetes. It was also claimed the administration of a general anaesthetic was inappropriate in the circumstances of her case.
Ms Crean (35), a mother of two from Ashford, Co Wicklow, died on February 10th, 2009, eight months after she had a heart attack while her second child, Daniel, was being delivered by Caesarean section at the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street.
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/1129/1224327258686.html