Care home death inquiry chief resigns

A SENIOR health manager who was leading a probe into the unexpected death of a woman at a nursing home has stepped aside to avoid a potential conflict of interests.

Former Southern Health Board programme manager Tom O’Dwyer was appointed to chair a committee enquiring into the death of Hannah Comber at Heatherside Hospital, near Buttevant, Co Cork, on June 22.

Ms Comber, 65, suffocated after becoming entangled in straps binding her to a special chair.