Tragic Conor Cronin's brother told his inquest he 'was so much fun and was just getting into the prime of his life'
A young Dublin man, who suffered a brain injury from a fall while out running to raise funds for a charity, died just over 48 hours later after a sudden deterioration in his condition, an inquest has heard.
Solicitor for Mr Cronin’s family, Jamie Hart, said the deceased’s relatives were concerned there had been a delay in transferring him to Beaumont from the Mater Misericordiae Hospital where he was originally brought after suffering the fall. However, he said the patient had become unresponsive the following day after which he was transferred to the Mater’s intensive care unit where his condition stabilised.
He observed that the condition of patients with mild head injuries very rarely deteriorated but Conor’s case was “very unusual.” “It was extremely unfortunate as there was no indication from the original injury that Conor would ever need neurosurgery,” he added. In reply to questions from Mr Hart, he said 12 calls made between the two hospitals about Conor’s care was unusual for a Category 2 patient. While he agreed that staff at the Mater seemed anxious to get the patient transferred to Beaumont, Prof Bolger said that was true for all hospitals with patients with brain injuries.
Mr Cronin said his brother had a lot of blood around his head and was confused but had recognised him. He said he was still not overly concerned when he was later informed that Conor was being transferred to the hospital’s high dependency unit.
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