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A young student who was admitted to the hospital with pain in her right side died of a blood clot three days after surgery, the Superior Court has heard.
The mother and family of 23-year-old Paige Crotty settled their actions Wednesday against the HSE over her death at South Tipperary General Hospital.
The HSE admitted that it did not fulfill its duty to care for Ms Crotty during her postoperative period. Judge Kevin Cross expressed his condolences to the young woman’s family “for the deepest tragedy that has occurred.”
Mrs. Crotty, from Clonmel, Co Tipperary, was a student at the Waterford Institute of Technology studying social care at the time of her death. She was in her third year of college and was planning to get a master’s degree.
On Wednesday, Richard Kean SC, with Esther Earley BL, instructed by Niamh O’Brien’s attorney, told the court that three actions stemmed from the tragic death. Ms Crotty’s mother, Pamela O’Hanlon, had filed a nervous shock lawsuit and on behalf of her family for the death of her daughter. Those actions were resolved confidentially. Ms Crotty’s 16-year-old sister, Robyn, had also sued for nervous shock and settled her claim for 45,000 euros.
In a letter to Ms. Crotty’s mother last year, the general manager of South Tipperary General Hospital, Clonmel apologized for “the hospital’s deficiencies in the care” provided to Ms. Crotty. The hospital said it wanted to reassure Ms O’Hanlon that it had found out what happened and that, to try to prevent or reduce the risk of recurrence, it had implemented a number of recommended changes.
The letter added: “We deeply regret these shortcomings and the death of Paige. We acknowledge the anguish and trauma experienced by you and your family and offer our condolences. “Mrs. Crotty had presented to the hospital emergency room on August 13, 2015 with a complaint of pain in the area of the right abdomen. they did an ultrasound and the decision was made to perform surgery to remove his appendix.
During that surgery the next day, she realized that her appendix was normal, but she had an ovarian cyst. The large cyst and ovary were removed but, it was claimed, there was a failure as a result of this procedure to take adequate precautions against the development of a deep vein thrombosis in the young woman. Ms. Crotty had developed a blood clot in her right calf and multiple pulmonary emboli secondary to it, resulting in her death on August 17, 2015.
It was alleged that reasonable care was not taken for Ms Crotty’s safety while she was in the hospital, that she was given inadequate doses of blood thinner and given support stockings that did not fit well, were too short and marked her the legs. It was alleged that, after her operation, Ms Crotty was admitted to a maternity ward which was not a suitable place for adequate follow-up.
It was alleged that it was not possible to identify the severity of the clinical scenario that existed and the fact that his condition was rapidly deteriorating. It was stated that he was provisionally misdiagnosed as having internal bleeding and that the possibility that he had developed a deep vein thrombosis was not considered.
The HSE admitted that it did not fulfill its duty to care for Ms Crotty during her postoperative period and, in particular, did not take adequate precautions to control and reduce her risk of venous thromboembolism. He admitted that this postoperative failure contributed to his death.
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