The HSE has acknowledged that failings in the care provided to a woman at Mayo University Hospital led to her death three years ago.
RTE is reporting that Carmel Grant was admitted to MUH on 4 January 2022 with severe abdominal pain caused by a perforated colon.
In the days that followed, her condition worsened before surgery was carried out on 10 January.
Ms Grant was subsequently transferred to University Hospital Galway. She never recovered and died on 13 February 2022.
A letter to her family from manager of the hospital Catherine Donohue was read by legal representatives for the HSE at the start of the inquest into the death of the 57-year-old.
In it, the hospital accepted “there were failings in the care provided to Carmel that caused her untimely death”.
The letter also acknowledged “poor communication” with Ms Grant’s daughter Aisling Mullahy and apologised for the upset, grief and distress caused to her.
Galway Coroner , Ciaran MacLoughlin yesterday returned a verdict of medical misadventure.
Expressing his condolences to Aisling Mullahy and her family, he said he hoped she would get some comfort from the fact that she had clearly tried, in every way possible way, to ensure that the tragic death of her mother was avoided.
