Aoife Johnston died in University Hospital Limerick more than two years ago after waiting hours for antibiotics. Her family continue to fight for justice, while her father James is battling stage four kidney cancer. They say the stress of everything that happened with Aoife brought on his illness.
‘She’s missed out on so much’: Family of Aoife Johnston, who died in Limerick hospital, determined to keep her memory alive
“I rang the pair of them because I didn’t believe she was allowed. I thought it was just henna,” she says with a laugh. Their mother Carol said the trauma of the family’s “fight for justice” has “taken a toll on his physical health. He’s really deteriorated”, and being treated in the hospital in which Aoife died compounds that difficulty.
Kate Johnston , James Johnston, Carol Johnston and Meagan Johnston outside the inquest into Aoife Johnston's death at the Coroner's Court last April. Photograph: Brendan Gleeson Her absence is palpable. She would lie in bed, her room lit up by colourful LED light strips, as she scrolled on social media. A typical teenager.
At her graveside recently, Meagan said she continued to talk to her late sister about their shared interests and a holiday she had booked. “I never thought she was going to die. Even when she was in ICU or put in an induced coma, I never thought she was going to die,” Carol says.
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