Suspicious deaths inquiry for Naas General Hospital

EXPERTS appointed to head up the internal inquiry into the suspicious deaths of two elderly patients at Naas General Hospital meet today to begin their investigation.

Healthcare consultant, Liam Dunbar, a former chief executive of St James Hospital and the Blood Transfusion Services Board, and Mary McHugh, director of nursing at University College Hospital Galway, will start interviewing staff thisat the hospital before the end of the week.

They will also review all medical records relating to the two deceased and a third patient who was discharged from the hospital but whose care there has also come under question.