A jury at the coroner’s court returned a verdict of death by “medical accident” in the case of Louise Butler at the Mid Western Regional Hospital in Limerick on November 16th, 2006 from a large subarachnoid haemorrhage, one month after she was mistakenly diagnosed with a migraine.
The wrong diagnosis occurred despite the family of the 21-year-old victim repeatedly requesting a brain scan.
The Jury has recommended that patients who present at hospitals with persistent and severe headaches should receive Cat scans as soon as possible.
The Health and Safety Executive had already apologised in the High Court in July during proceedings and also made a compensation payment to the family of Louise Butler.