Baby died prior to surgery

A FIVE-MONTH-OLD baby died after being anaesthetised prior to an operation, an inquest has heard.

Dublin City Coroner’s Court was told that Billy Anthony Murphy died during the anaesthetic procedure before an operation days before Christmas in 2009.

The baby, whose parents Mark and Michelle Murphy from Edenderry, Co Offaly, were in court died in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin on December 21, 2009.