Looking for answers: What hospitals can do to improve supports available to traumatised next of kin

Tony Twomey’s family felt abandoned by hospital staff in the wake his sudden death. They spoke to Catherine Shanahan in the hope of generating a debate about what hospitals can do to improve the supports available to traumatised next of kin

On May 28 last, Eleanor Twomey picked up a copy of the Irish Examiner and the headline hit her like a hammer.

“Desperate for the Truth: Family seek answers after daughter, 20, died in hospital A&E,” it read.