Patient sued Tallaght Hospital

Ed Madden, BL, looks at a recent High Court case in which a man who suffered an accidental tear in the small bowel during a laparotomy procedure to repair the colon, sued the hospital for negligence In January 2017, the High Court delivered its judgment in a case in which a man who suffered an accidental tear in the small bowel during a laparotomy procedure to repair the colon sued the hospital for negligence. When the matter came on for hearing, the Court was told that Mr G underwent the procedure at Tallaght Hospital on December 11, 2007. A CT…