'The family also suffered a personal tragedy many years ago when they lost their young daughter.'
An 89-year-old man who was killed in an apparent attack at Mercy University Hospital in Cork lost his wife in early January.
He was arrested at the scene by investigating Gardaí and taken to Bridewell Garda Station, Cork where he is currently detained under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, 1984. “At the same time I believe such an incident as this will force hospitals to reevaluate their situations.“My thoughts and prayers go out to those involved and to the staff, the nurses and doctors at Mercy Hospital who must be traumatised by this incident.”
"The Mercy is a fine hospital. I spent a period there myself in 2020. But this is an awful, desperate tragedy. That poor man went in hospital with some illness and nobody could expect a tragedy like this to happen."
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