HSE rejects claims of suicidal woman

THE Health Service Executive has rejected claims a young anorexic woman with a history of suicide attempts was recently discharged from Tallaght Hospital without being offered any appropriate community-based supports.

In a statement issued yesterday, the HSE said it wished to “strongly refute” claims made in media reports earlier this week which highlighted the case of 25-year-old Emer Carroll.

The woman from Kiltipper, Co Dublin, claimed she was released from the hospital on October 26, despite telling medical staff and her father that she would try to kill herself. The former accountancy student had made two suicide attempts in the previous three weeks. She also complained there was a lack of treatment facilities at Tallaght for patients suffering from anorexia.