Hospital campaigners criticise report into pensioner’s death

LAST week’s report into the death of pensioner Pat Joe Walsh at Monaghan General Hospital has been dismissed as ‘a mishmash of prejudice and opinion’ by campaigners.

The comments follow criticism by Mr Walsh’s family of staff at the hospital.

The official report investigated the circumstances surrounding the death of 76-year-old Mr Walsh, who bled to death on October 14 last year after doctors at Monaghan Hospital were unable to treat him. The report found that the death was avoidable and recommended the immediate suspension of acute in-patient services at the hospital.