Hospital apologises unreservedly after man’s death

The family of a Cork father-of-two who died in hospital after an alleged delay in his treatment yesterday settled their High Court action for damages for €500,000.

Financial controller Barry Murphy, 38, who suffered from Crohn’s disease, was admitted to the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital in Cork City on Apr 24, 2008, suffering with abdominal pain. He subsequently died.

Yesterday, the hospital “apologised unreservedly” to the Murphy family. Mr Murphy’s widow Mary, from Meadowgrove, Westwood, Carrigaline, Co Cork, had sued the hospital on the grounds her husband’s death was caused by the hospital’s negligence.