Father died from heart attack after wrist operation

THE FAMILY of a fit and healthy man who suffered a “catastrophic” heart attack just minutes after a routine operation said last night they still don’t know why he died.

Father died from heart attack after wrist operation

Mike Devane’s wife and brothers said they have lots of unanswered questions after the jury at the inquest into his death returned an open verdict at Cork Coroner’s Court yesterday.

Mr Devane, 44, a psychiatric nurse from Aghadoe in Co Kerry, died last October 7, just days after a routine and uneventful operation to free a nerve in a fractured wrist.

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