Mother ‘could have survived ice fall’

THE son of a woman who died in a Dublin hospital following a fall on ice at home expressed concern at an inquest that his mother could have survived, but the “experts” were not in the hospital at the weekend.

Monica Mary Kernan, known as Imelda, 74, of Nessan’s Close, Howth, Co Dublin, broke her hip when she slipped on ice during the cold snap on January 18, 2010.

Ms Kernan, who had heart disease, diabetes and high blood pressure, was brought to Beaumont Hospital by ambulance and had surgery to fix the fracture on January 22.