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23rd November 2021
02:39pm GMT
Outside the Four Courts, Mr. Kelly said that his partner was an amazing woman, whose death was "completely preventable” if she had been cared for properly.
“Instead, she was wrongly diagnosed with sciatica when in fact she had sepsis," he said.
"No amount of money will ever change anything for myself and our three children.” He also said that he hoped his family’s loss would help to increase awareness of sepsis in maternity hospitals throughout the country. A letter of apology from the Master of the Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital, Michael O' Connell, written to Mr. Kelly was read out in the High Court.The letter sincerely apologised to the family for the "failings in care afforded to Ms McEvoy at this hospital on December 23rd, 2018."
It went on to read:“I fully accept that these failings should not have happened. I can’t begin to imagine the consequences of Karen’s sad loss on you, Jake, Toby, Ruby, your extended family and Karen’s family.
“We in the Coombe are truly sorry for the distress that Karen’s death has caused."
The details of the settlements reached remain confidential. The family's counsel said they had been through a “calamitous event”.“It is an appalling tragedy and our experts would say that if Karen got a modicum of treatment she would have made an uneventful recovery,’ he said.
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