Man dies after 5-hour wait on trolley

A MAN who died on a trolley in the accident and emergency department of a Dublin hospital had been waiting for five hours to be seen by the medical team when he collapsed suddenly, an inquest has heard.

Thomas Brennan, aged 79, of Green Trees Road, Terenure, Dublin 6, was rushed to Tallaght Hospital by ambulance on July 21 after collapsing in his bathroom. He arrived at the hospital at 12.30pm.

His main complaint was of severe abdominal pain and he was diagnosed with an inflamed gall bladder.