Physiotherapist awarded €1m after slip on icy steps
The HSE has been ordered to pay just over €1m in damages to Nilofar Ikram (36), from Limerick a physiotherapist who slipped and fell on icy steps outside a Dublin community Hospital in January 2010. Picture Press 22
Kathryn Hayes
A PHYSIOTHERAPIST who slipped on icy steps has been awarded more than €1m in damages against the HSE.
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