A man who claimed he suffered disfigurement when he had mouth surgery as part of cancer treatment at a Cork hospital has settled his High Court action on undisclosed terms.
She said that people at times do not recognise Mr Coughlan, a carpenter and maintenance officer from Midleton, Co Cork, and that he fears for his future as his life is now very different. Mr Coughlan’s case was that an unnecessary and inappropriate procedure and an inappropriate repair was carried out. The 63-year-old sued the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Cork and the HSE over the care he received when he needed mouth surgery as part of treatment for mouth cancer in 2015.Mr Coughlan had an ulcer at the base of his mouth and was advised he would have to have a sliver of the inner aspect of his lower jaw removed.
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