The widow of a man who died after an operation to prevent blushing has settled a High Court action for damages for over €4.5 million.
Solicitor and father of three, Alan Synnott, died over two years ago after undergoing surgery at the Bon Secours Private Hospital in Dublin.
His widow, Eleanor had sued surgeon Austin Leahy who carried out the operation.
An inquest in to his death heard he suffered a haemorrhage after a vein and artery were damaged during the operation in March 2003.
His condition deteriorated and a scan showed that he had suffered brain damage.
Over the next 24 hours he did not show evidence of recovery of cerebral function and tests later showed he had suffered brain stem death.
