Man dead for hour at UHL before being found, inquest told

A verdict of death by medical misadventure was recorded today into the death of Martin Abbott from Shannon, Co Clare who died in December of 2019.

The court heard he had a complex medical history including a past kidney transplant but was working and had enjoyed a family holiday in Poland in the weeks prior to becoming unwell. On his third day on the trolley, Ms Abbott asked nurses to get a doctor to see her father as she left him at 10pm. She said she"was concerned he was not being looked after correctly" and his breathing was laboured.

She said she and her mother were shocked as her dad"should have been home for Christmas" after being admitted for a treatable illness and were upset at the manner in which they were treated by staff at UHL. At 4.40am staff recounted being called to a cardiac arrest in Mr Abbott’s ED cubicle. He had been found lying face down on the floor by his trolley. Multiple rounds of CPR were carried out, but ventilation was not possible as doctors noticed"rigor mortis causing stiffness in his face and neck" and he was pronounced dead at the official time of 4.55am.

Coroner John McNamara recorded a verdict of death my medical misadventure but said this was not to blame anybody as that was not the role of the coroner’s court.

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