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Loughrea man settles HSE case for €1.5m
Galway Bay fm newsroom – A Loughrea man is to receive 1.5 million euro after a defibrillator repeatedly failed to deliver shocks while he was being resuscitated for cardiac arrest.
69 year old John Boyle of Masonbrook sued the HSE claiming staff at Portiuncula Hospital did not pay proper attention during the procedure.
On the 7 feb 2006 John Boyle suffered cardiac arrest and collapsed while in the waiting area of the A&E department.
The court heard the defibrillator used to resuscitate him recorded at intervals that no shock had been given but it’s alleged this was only noticed by a nurse after about 80 minutes.
Suing for negligence through his wife Joan Boyle, the retired plasterer alleged hospital staff had failed to effectively monitor the machine.
He claimed this meant he suffered prolonged cardiac arrests and a brain injury that left him fully dependent.