‘No answers’ to patient’s death in hospital fire

MYSTERY surrounds the death of a wheelchair- bound man who suffered horrific burns in a Dublin hospital fire.

‘No answers’ to patient’s death in hospital fire

Stroke victim Percy Hopkins died within days of his wheelchair going up in flames in the Royal Hospital, Donnybrook.

An inquest heard the 60-year-old was left with burns to 35% of his upper body after staff discovered his clothing was on fire.

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