A Dublin maternity hospital has apologised to a couple over the death of their two day old son.
The High Court's heard how failure to properly read the fetal heart rate deprived Senan Dodd of oxygen.
Senan was born at Mount Carmel in March 2008, but died two days later, after suffering catastrophic brain damage.
The High Court heard consultants Dr Gerry Rafferty and Dr Valerie Donnelly ignored or failed to properly interpret the fetal heart rate recordings which led to an alleged delay in carrying out a caesarean section.
The apology was issued as part of an undisclosed settlement of the couple’s action for damages against the hospital and the medical practitioners.
