‘We never saw anybody wash their hands’

THE Dublin County Corner said that 87-year-old Mrs Mary McDonald might have gone home but for a Clostridium Difficile infection.

Dr Kieran Geraghty expressed concern at the number of outbreaks of Clostridium Difficile (C Diff) at Loughlinstown hospital and questioned consultant physician and geriatrician, Dr Morgan Crowe, as to the hospital’s existing infection control policy.

“Mrs McDonald was ill, but she might have gone home but for the Clostridium Difficile infection,” the coroner told the court.