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The South West Re­gion­al Health Au­thor­i­ty (SWRHA) has agreed to pay com­pen­sa­tion to a sev­en-year-old girl, who was left with per­ma­nent neu­ro­log­i­cal in­juries and re­quir­ing life­long care as a re­sult of com­pli­ca­tions with her birth at the San Fer­nan­do Gen­er­al Hos­pi­tal.

Ear­li­er this month, the SWRHA ac­cept­ed li­a­bil­i­ty in the med­ical neg­li­gence law­suit brought by the girl and her moth­er, who can­not be iden­ti­fied be­cause she is a mi­nor and due to the na­ture of the case. A judg­ment was en­tered be­fore High Court Judge Karen Reid.

Guardian Me­dia un­der­stands that the com­pen­sa­tion would be as­sessed by a High Court Mas­ter if there is no agree­ment be­tween the par­ties.