Bereaved mother supports health complaints system

A MOTHER whose son died in hospital after a severe reaction to an antibiotic yesterday launched an initiative to help people complain about the health service.

Loretta Evans, from Donaghmede, Dublin, told of her struggle since the death of her son six years ago to prevent other patients dying in such circumstances.

Her son, Colin, 26, who had a congenital heart problem, died at the Mater Hospital in Dublin in 2005 after undergoing surgery to replace a pacemaker.