Man seeks €38k for treatment of gravely ill wife in hospital

A gravely ill woman was kept sitting in a chair for three days in an emergency department and died six days after eventually getting a bed, the Circuit Civil Court was told yesterday

Her husband, now 75, is suing Beaumont Hospital for up to €38,000 in damages.

Anthony Dignam, a chauffeur and taxi driver, of Limekilns, Malahide, Rd, Swords, Co Dublin, says his wife, Mary, had been an in-patient with liver disease at St Patrick’s University Hospital, Dublin, and had been transferred on June 11, 2010, to Beaumont for daily review and treatment.