The distraught parents of a healthy 20-year-old student who died suddenly in a hospital emergency department (ED) still do not know why their daughter died following an inquest.

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

The distraught parents of a 20-year-old student who died suddenly and inexplicably last month in an emergency department (ED) within 12 hours of presenting for treatment have been unable to get any answers from the hospital as to what went wrong.