Jamie Flynn inquest returns medical misadventure verdict

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Jamie Flynn’s Coroner’s Court inquest returned a medical misadventure verdict, reported on 5 December 2014.

Jamie was born at Cavan General Hospital on 22 November 2012 and died two days later at the Rotunda Hospital after suffering severe brain injury caused by oxygen deprivation.

The coroner identified uterine hyper-stimulation as the principal risk factor and recommended that Cavan General Hospital review arrangements for a second out-of-hours theatre.

This report covers an earlier stage of the case. Later developments are not reported here.