Patient, 64, choked on a sweet, inquest told

A 64-year-old mental health patient died after a choking on a sweet, an inquest was told yesterday.

A visitor to St Finan’s Psychiatric Hospital, in Killarney, Co Kerry, gave a marshmallow sweet to Mary Theresa Coffey on Mar 27 last.

She was in the TV sitting room at the hospital when people noticed she had become grey in colour and gasping for air.