Elaine Lennon is confined to a wheelchair and will need 24-hour care for rest of life.
A former opera singer who is severely disabled following failures to properly diagnose the cause of her headaches has been awarded a further sum of €895k towards her care needs.
Elaine Lennon (38), who can only speak in a whisper, is confined to a wheelchair and will need lifelong 24-hour care, previously settled her High Court action on terms including several interim payments totalling in excess of €5m (2.4m, 310k, 895k and 1.4m) towards her future care needs. Suing through her father, John Lennon, Ms Lennon had sued the HSE and Dr Patrick Mathuna, a GP at Castle Mill Medical Centre, Balbriggan, Co Dublin, arising from her injuries suffered in 2007. Liability was admitted by both defendants.
Ms Lennon, formerly of Newhaven Bay, Balbriggan, and now living in Kilbarrack, was 39 weeks pregnant at the time of her injury and later gave birth to a girl, Claudia. The High Court was previously told she would have been fine had a CT scan of her brain been carried out in time.
