HSE apologises to child given the wrong Covid jab with a used needle
Court told the nurse involved denied that the first syringe had been used previously but an investigation found otherwise
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The HSE has apologised and compensated a 13-year-old child who was given the wrong Covid-19 vaccination with a used needle.
Barrister James Cross told Judge Fiona O’Sullivan in the Circuit Civil Court today that Ella Mockler Mulhern, now within six weeks of her 18th birthday, had suffered significantly as a result of the HSE’s negligence and breach of duty.
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