Lack of scan delayed surgery, inquest hears

DOCTORS could not operate on a man requiring urgent surgery as there was no out-of-hours scan facility at the hospital, an inquest has heard.

Gerard Hayes, aged 38, of Rusheen, Holycross, Bruff, Co Limerick, was admitted to Mallow General Hospital’s Emergency Department with abdominal pain at 4.10am on October 8, 2009.

He had been discharged home from Limerick Regional Hospital the previous day.