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25/04/2013
€310,000 Awarded For Care Of Negligence Victim
An award of €310,000 has been granted towards the cost of care for the next year of an award winning opera singer left severely disabled due to a failure to properly diagnose the cause of her headaches.
38-year-old Elaine Lennon was left wheelchair-bound and requiring 24-hour care after doctors failed to diagnose an infection in her brain.
In 2011 she settled a negligence case against Dr Patrick Mathuna, a GP at Castle Mill Medical Centre, Balbriggan, Co Dublin, and the HSE over her later treatment in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, Co Louth.
Liability was admitted by both defendants and she was awarded an interim payment of €2.39m.
Last week, the High Court was asked to assess future care costs. Ms Justice Mary Irvine was told yesterday that the matter had been settled on the basis that Ms Lennon is to get a further €310,000 towards her care for the next year.
(H/CD)
38-year-old Elaine Lennon was left wheelchair-bound and requiring 24-hour care after doctors failed to diagnose an infection in her brain.
In 2011 she settled a negligence case against Dr Patrick Mathuna, a GP at Castle Mill Medical Centre, Balbriggan, Co Dublin, and the HSE over her later treatment in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, Co Louth.
Liability was admitted by both defendants and she was awarded an interim payment of €2.39m.
Last week, the High Court was asked to assess future care costs. Ms Justice Mary Irvine was told yesterday that the matter had been settled on the basis that Ms Lennon is to get a further €310,000 towards her care for the next year.
(H/CD)
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