A jury has found that a young Co Roscommon woman died from Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (SADS) “which may have been contributed to by the trauma of a recent gallbladder operation”. The young woman died on December 9th, 2016, a month after having her gallbladder removed at Mayo University Hospital (MUH). Ms Rita Kilroy, counsel for the Ryan family had told the jury they believed that the cause of death was sepsis and not SADS. HairdresserKatie’s brother Terence (Terry) Ryan told the jury that she had stayed with him at his home in Ballaghaderreen on the night of December 8th, 2016. Dr Helen Ingoldsby who carried out the post mortem found that the cause of death was SADS.

Source: The Irish Times May 23, 2019 20:25 UTC