Doctor cleared over care of woman who died hours later

A member of the Cork-based SouthDoc service was yesterday cleared by a Medical Council fitness-to-practice inquiry into five allegations relating to the care he gave a woman who died hours after being seen by him.

Mary Daly told the inquiry that her mother, May O’Sullivan, 64, had been unwell with diarrhoea and vomiting for several days before being seen by Mehboob Kukaswadia at around 11.30pm on Dec 11 2008.

Ms O’Sullivan was found dead by her son the morning after the doctor from the GP service in Cork City visited her home.