The High Court.
A 20-year-old man who has irreversible brain damage after a heel pin prick test as a baby under the national newborn screening programme was incorrectly reported as normal has settled a High Court action for €14.5million.
His counsel Pearse Sreenan SC told the court the pin prick test taken in the days after birth was reported back as normal when it was not, and by the time the real diagnosis of a metabolic disorder was made two years later, it was too late.
