She was subsequently called the following morning to say her mother was being transferred to Beaumont Hospital after the tests of the CT scan had been analysed. Ms Kelly said her family became very concerned that she was very confused and not eating over the weekend and had asked doctors to review her condition on November 3, 2019. The inquest heard that a CT scan was ordered at 3.54am the following morning which was a Saturday and carried out at 11.43am. The deceased’s daughter, Donna Kelly, told the inquest that her mother had been suffering from severe headaches for around a week before she was referred to the emergency department at LUH on November 1, 2019. Ms Kelly (64) a married mother of two of Back Street, Carrigans, Co Donegal, died at Beaumont Hospital on Novemwhere she had been transferred by ambulance the previous day.Ī post-mortem confirmed that she had died from a ruptured aneurysm in an artery bringing blood to the brain. The consultant physician responsible for Ms Kelly’s care at LUH, Amjed Khamis, admitted the outcome for the patient could have been different if doctors had been made aware of the results promptly. READ MORE: Met Eireann upgrade weather warnings and give exact day big freeze to thaw with mercury pushing 16C The inquest heard it was almost 48 hours after the CT scan, which had revealed bleeding in the brain, was completed before doctors treating her were aware of its findings and realised the seriousness of the patient’s condition. The death of a Donegal woman was linked to “a breakdown in communications” among medical staff at Letterkenny University Hospital which resulted in delays in responding to an abnormal CT scan, an inquest has heard.Ī sitting of Dublin District Coroner’s Court was also informed that LUH had issued an apology to the family of the late Marion Kelly for the hospital’s failure to provide her with the appropriate standard of care.
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