Verdict of medical misadventure recorded for 16-year-old who died of “treatable” illness
Meagan and Kate Johnston , their parents Carol and James Johnston, with Damien Tansey, solicitor for the Johnston Family, at Kilmallock Coroner's Court. Photograph: Brendan Gleeson
Ms Johnston, late of Shannon, Co Clare, died at UHL on December 19th, 2022, from purulent meningitis. She had presented at the hospital’s emergency department two days earlier, at about 5pm on December 17th, suffering from a suspected case of sepsis. Summarising the evidence put before the inquest, Damien Tansey SC, solicitor for the Johnston family, noted that a number of medical witness stated that the department “couldn’t function”.
Dr Gray, who agreed that he was the most senior clinician working in the hospital’s emergency department while “on-site”, had declined a request to attend the hospital on the night of Ms Johnston’s admission. He noted that it was impossible to attend the hospital due to capacity difficulties at the emergency department, “because it was always overcrowded”.
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