Family of man who died 13 days after being discharged from A&E settle for €300k
University Hospital Kerry has apologised for the deficiencies in the standard of care to a man who went to A&E with abdominal pain, was discharged after ten hours and wasn’t operated on until he returned in excruciating pain hours later. Gearoid Ferris from Dingle, Co Kerry, who was operated on three times, died in the hospital ICU 13 days after he first attended the emergency department. A letter of apology from the hospital was read to the High Court on Tuesday as his family settled for €300,000 an action over the death of Mr Ferris on his 58th birthday. The family’s counsel, John O’Mahony SC with Doireann O’Mahony BL, told the High Court the apology is “of crucial importance” to the Ferris family, who, he said, had “suffered enormously”. He said it was a profoundly tragic case. Counsel said a big opportunity for saving the man’s life had been lost and his condition could “simply have been dealt with” when he first went to the hospital A&E on April 2, 2021". Thirteen days later, on A...