Rosemary O’Neill helped to bathroom by nurse but attempted to return to her room alone having pressed assistance bell a minute earlier
Rosemary O’Neill was transferred to the Mater hospital for assessment from the Beneavin Nursing Home in Glasnevin after a fall. Photograph: Colin Keegan/Collins
Upon admission, a CT brain scan showed a small haemorrhage associated with high blood pressure, Dublin District Coroner’s Court heard on Wednesday. Garrett Cooney, counsel for Ms O’Neill’s family, said CCTV footage showed no nurse waiting outside the bathroom. However, consultant neurologist Michael Murnane, who had viewed the footage before the hearing, said a nurse could be seen nearby.
Pathologist Eamon Leen, who carried out the postmortem, recorded the medical cause of death as an intracerebral haemorrhage, primarily caused by high blood pressure, and noted other co-morbidities.
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