A preliminary assessment of the circumstances surrounding the critical care of a 16-year-old girl from Co Limerick, who died at University Hospital Limerick at the end of January, has been completed.
The inquiries by hospital management are standard in all cases where there has been an unexpected death.
It is understood the girl had been treated at UHL in the weeks leading up to her death for a severe chest infection.
She had also been treated a number of times at Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin in the management of her health.
The preliminary assessment inquiry looked at the management of care the girl received when she was brought to UHL, where she had been brought by ambulance and was immediately treated in the resuscitation unit.
She died unexpectedly at the hospital on 29 January.
A post-mortem examination was also carried out to determine the cause of death and a full report on that has not yet been completed.
The results of the post-mortem along with the completed preliminary assessment findings will be shared with the girl’s mother.
In a statement, UHL expressed its sincere condolences to the family and friends of the girl on their devastating loss.
"We can confirm that a preliminary assessment has been carried out in line with the HSE Incident Management Framework and the findings from this assessment will be shared with the girl’s family pending the results of a post-mortem examination," the statement said.
"We are in direct contact with the child's mother on these matters and it would be inappropriate to comment further.
"It is standard in all cases of unexpected deaths for a preliminary assessment to be carried out."
The girl was from Co Limerick and was an only child, whose father had died ten years ago.
