Ashling Fitzgerald from Dublin collapsed outside her home in 2020
The family of a Dublin woman with mental health issues have expressed concern that she died after a period where they experienced difficulties in accessing healthcare for her when she had stopped eating and drinking and refused to seek treatment for herself.
A sister of the deceased, Anita Fitzgerald, gave evidence that her sister’s condition had noticeably deteriorated in the months before her death. Ms Fitzgerald said her sister believed that changes to her medication were affecting her brain and she was becoming upset and sad all the time. Ms Fitzgerald outlined making several calls to the Navan Road clinic in early September 2020 seeking care for her sister but she was repeatedly informed that they could not provide any assistance without Ashling’s consent and asked her to stop calling them.
However, after bringing her sister to CHB, she was informed that there had been “a mix up” by a nurse who said the hospital knew nothing about the patient and there was no bed available for her.She dialled 999 on September 12, 2020 after her sister became deeply psychotic but the ambulance crew would not take her to hospital without her consent.
She also could not believe when the Allied Admissions team leader repeatedly threatened her sister “in an aggressive manner” that gardaí would have to be called if she did not come with them after being warned about her fears. However, he said he was unable to contact the deceased’s sister on the morning of September 13 and the team were stood down after he also became aware there was no bed for Ms Fitzgerald in CHB.
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