The High Court has approved an €8.4 million award for a Waterford woman with Cerebral Palsy.
The case was taken against the HSE by the family of 18-year-old Ciara Ormond, who claims she suffered serious injuries at birth.
She was born in Waterford Regional Hospital on November 5th 2000, and has a range of medical issues including Cerebral Palsy, scoliosis, double incontinence, and involuntary muscle spasms in her arms and legs.
In awarding the settlement, Ms Justice Bronagh O’Hanlon said Ciara had suffered dreadfully and the consequences were nothing short of catastrophic.
Solicitor Joice Carthy, speaking on behalf of Ciara's mother Jean, says the money will go towards Ciara's long-term care:
"As a family we would have found it far less stressful and upsetting if it had been resolved sooner..... This is not some kind of windfall and this settlement today is to secure Ciara's future. Ciara will need round the clock care and numerous therapies such as speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy and many others."
