The family of an elderly woman who died two days after attending a hospital emergency department complaining of a sudden and severe headache have secured a €150,000 settlement of their High Court action. Kathleen Lynch’s family claimed a subarachnoid haemorrhage should have been diagnosed at Portiuncula Hospital in Ballinasloe, Co Galway; that she should have been admitted there and was wrongly discharged from the emergency department. Ms Lynch (79), a mother of two and grandmother of three, collapsed at home on the night after she left the hospital. The family was advised the prognosis was poor and she died on April 19th 2018. Approving the settlement on Thursday, Mr Justice Kevin Cross extended his sympathy to the family.

Source: The Irish Times January 28, 2021 16:41 UTC