Galway Bay fm newsroom – A verdict of medical misadventure has been returned in the case of a man who died three months after undergoing a procedure at University Hospital Galway.
The wife of 79 year old Dominic Fallon from Strokestown, Co. Roscommon, told the inquest that his death occurred after ‘three months of torture’.
Sligo Coroner’s Court heard that Mr. Fallon’s bowel was perforated during a day procedure to have a catheter inserted at UHG in February 2012.
According to today’s Irish Times, he was subsequently taken to Sligo University Hospital in an ambulance after experiencing pain and vomiting that night.
His wife told the inquest that surgery was carried out to repair the bowel and secure the catheter.
However, Mr. Fallon remained critically ill and on April 18th 2012 he suffered a cardiac arrest.
Consultant urological surgeon Killian Walsh said in a statement that it was beyond reasonable doubt that the bowel had been perforated during the insertion of the catheter at UHG.
The inquest found the cause of death was right-sided heart failure due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease based on perforation of the bowel – and a verdict of medical misadventure was returned.
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