The Ireland’s health watchdog, Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) has said that the inquiry into the liver transplant case of a teenager will be completed within two to three weeks.

The HIQA launched the inquiry after the state agencies failed to provide a timely airlift to Meadhbh McGivern, 14, due to which her liver transplant was missed. The investigations will look into the circumstances and arrangements of the two agencies.

The investigation will reveal why the two agencies failed to ensure “co-ordinated, safe and effective” emergency transfer of care for people requiring transplant surgery.

The inquiry started after Ms. McGivern and her parents Joe and Assumpta received a call from King’s College Hospital in London at 7.20pm on July 2 to say a matching liver had been found. They received a number of calls from the agencies after that and were told that no helicopter is available. Later on, the family was called to travel to Strandhill airport where they arrived at about 11.30pm to travel on a Coast Guard helicopter.

The investigations will review the governance, communications, management and systems and processes in place within and between the relevant agencies and will make recommendations to avoid such incident in future.