HSE paid out over €832m in compensation
arising from Medical Negligence Claims
since 2014
Figures just released indicate that Medical Negligence Compensation pay-outs by the HSE have increased by 365% in the past 5 years.
In 2014 €59m was paid out. In 2018 €215m was paid out.
In the first five months of 2019 a total of €108m has already been paid by the HSE.
The breakdown of the hospitals involved appear to indicate that hospitals in the South/Southwest of the country paid out the most. The main areas of concern seem to be preventable brain damage in normally formed infants and maternity cases.
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