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Investigation launched after woman in her 80s dies on hospital trolley

The woman presented at University Hospital Galway on 14 September, but died on a trolley in the emergency department several hours later.

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AN INVESTIGATION HAS been launched after an elderly woman died on a hospital trolley in the west of Ireland last week.

The patient, aged in her 80s, is understood to have presented at University Hospital Galway (UHG) from her nursing home on Wednesday 14 September, according to a report in the Galway City Tribune.

The woman remained on a trolley for several hours in the emergency department at the hospital before being discovered dead from suspected heart complications.

The woman is believed to have a history of cardiac illness.

It is believed that the hospital was severely overcrowded at the time of the incident.

A spokesperson for the Saolta Hospital Group, which operates UHG, said that the case will be “reviewed externally in conjunction with the National Ambulance Service (NAS)”.

“The Saolta University Health Care Group and the National Ambulance Service have offered the family concerned our deepest sympathy and will be communicating directly with them in relation to the review process,” the spokesperson said.

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    Nov 11th 2016, 7:55 AM

    If I’d a hay-penny for ever time I heard that headline!

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    Nov 11th 2016, 11:15 AM

    No. 1 – The headline basically says ‘normal weather expected’. I usually get annoyed with the ‘How is this news?’ crowd. But, really?

    No. 2 – It says cold, then the article says it will be from 7-14 degrees.

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    Nov 11th 2016, 11:54 AM

    @Donncha Ó Coileáin: Absolutely :

    Headline on The Journal : “The weekend is set to be cold and rainy.” Source : Met Eireann.

    Headline on The Indo : “Rejoice: An end to the frost with dry, mild weather on the way.” Source : Met Eireann.

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    Nov 11th 2016, 11:57 AM

    Weekend cold and rainy. Well except Sunday which will be unusually mild. Who writes this stuff ????

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    Nov 11th 2016, 12:13 PM

    So, where is all the Globull warming then? Do you know that Oisin Coughlan’s Irish branch of Friends of the Earth gets 400,000 euros of you money every year. For nothing in a country with such poverty.

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