HSE apologises to family of woman who died after jugular vein torn during routine surgical procedure

The Health Service Executive today offered its “sincerest apologies” to the family of a woman who died after her jugular vein was torn during a routine surgical procedure two years ago.

Teresa Lyons’ daughter Geraldine O’Brien told her inquest that on the day her mother died, her family were forced to leave her alone in a “hugely overcrowded” Emergency Department at University Hospital Limerick.