Man dead for hours before discovery

A 21-YEAR-OLD man who was found lying unresponsive on the floor of a seclusion room at the Central Mental Hospital where he was a patient had been dead for a few hours before he was discovered, an inquest has heard.

Michael McDonagh was found lying dead on the floor of the seclusion room in Unit B at 6.15am on July 10, 2010.

He had no pulse, was cold to the touch and the early stages of rigor mortis had set in.