Sick woman died with neck trapped in bed rail

A CRITICALLY ill woman died after her head and neck became trapped under a hospital bed safety rail, an inquest has heard.

Assistant state pathologist, Dr Margaret Bolster, said the ‘bed rail entrapment’ incident had undoubtedly contributed to the death of Christine Bradley, aged 59, from St Joseph’s Terrace in Greenmount, Cork, in Cork University Hospital (CUH) on May 11, 2006.

Ms Bradley was seriously ill, was expected to die within hours and had a ‘do not resuscitate’ note in her medical files.