A seven-year-old Dublin girl died after medical staff failed to perform a timely life-saving procedure to drain fluid from her brain, an inquest at Dublin District Coroner’s Court has concluded. The verdict of medical misadventure comes after Children’s Health Ireland at Temple Street apologized to the family of Lily Daly for the “tragic consequences” of her care in 2019.
Lily, who had been susceptible to hydrocephalus since birth, was brought to the hospital on February 8, 2019, suffering from severe headaches and a sore throat. Her mother, Olivia Maguire, described her daughter as “screaming in pain” and vomiting at the hospital, despite reassurances from staff that her vital signs were normal, according to the Irish Mirror.
