An independent review is to be carried out into the death of a mother-of-three and her son in Cork University Maternity Hospital this week, Minister for HealthMr Harris said the review would be conducted under the auspices of Dr Peter McKenna, head of the HSE woman and infant health programme.and her son Darragh ordered by the South South West Hospital Group, which includes CUMH.
Ms Downey, who is survived by her husband Kieran and two other sons James and Seán, will repose at her home in Kildorrery, Co Cork on Friday. Her removal to St Michael’s Church, Ballyagran, Co Limerick, takes place at requiem mass at 1pm on Saturday, with burial afterwards in Castletown Cemetery. Darragh is expected to be buried with his mother.
A hospital source confirmed Ms Downey had epilepsy. One of the lines of inquiry the hospital’s investigation will look at is whether she may have had a seizure while breastfeeding her baby and fell out of the bed.A postmortem was carried out on Ms Downey’s remains on Tuesday and a postmortem will be carried out on her baby on Thursday. The results of both will be included in a file that gardaí will prepare for an inquest at Cork City Coroner’s Court.
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