An apology to the relatives of a 47-year-old man who did not wait for the operation to remove his gallbladder was presented to the family by St. Luke’s Hospital in Kilkenny on February 7, RTÉ reports.
At trial, it turned out that Patrick Doyle was diagnosed with gallstone pancreatitis in September 2016 and urgent surgery was indicated. He was scheduled to have surgery in November of the same year, but as of March 2017 it had not yet been performed and the man was admitted to the hospital with acute abdominal pain.
Following his hospitalisation, his condition worsened and he was transferred to Dublin, where he was diagnosed with necrotizing pancreatitis, septic shock and kidney damage. After spending 90 days in intensive care, he died.
Doyle’s sister sued the Irish Health Service (HSE).
The hospital has pleaded not guilty. The case will be settled, the details of the agreement were not disclosed. The man’s sister said she hoped the tragedy with her brother would serve as a lesson for the hospital and that other families would not have to go through the same thing as Doyle’s.
Let’s remember that in Ireland healthcare is in crisis, queues for elective surgeries are growing and patients can wait their turn for more than a year.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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