Liability Risk and Insurance
£1.5mn in compensation for hospital delay injuries
A young boy who was left with brain damage and severe hearing impairment as a result of a hospital’s delay in diagnosis of
meningitis has received approximately £1.5mn in compensation. After falling ill, he was discharged from hospital with a diagnosis
of a viral upper respiratory tract infection. His parents returned him to hospital, where he started fitting. He was diagnosed
with pneumococcal meningitis.