Coroner says death was ‘an act of God’

A MAN died during a simple operation after suffering an unexpected and sudden allergic reaction to an antibiotic, an inquest heard yesterday.

Cork’s city coroner, Dr Myra Cullinane, described Timothy Murphy’s death as “completely unpredictable — an act of God”.

Mr Murphy, 51, from Gurteen in Kanturk, Co Cork, was admitted to Cork University Hospital for a planned procedure on February 19 to have a cyst removed from his thyroid.