Surgeon ‘was reprimanded after carrying out emergency operation’
Mr Kenny mentioned the case in the context of 75-year-old Patrick Joseph Walsh, who bled to death from an ulcer last Friday because staff at Monaghan could not get a bed for him at three other hospitals - although it subsequently emerged both Drogheda and Cavan had intensive care beds available.
The staff themselves were unable to perform the live-saving operation required because Monaghan carries out only elective, and not emergency, surgery.
