Elderly woman alleges sex attack in male ward

South Tipperary General Hospital apologises after partially naked elderly man ‘pinned woman to bed’.

South Tipperary General Hospital has apologised to an elderly woman who allegedly suffered a sexual assault when she was a patient in a male ward.

The 87-year-old woman was allegedly assaulted in her bed by a man in his 70s who was in the same ward as her. The man is still in the hospital but has been placed in a separate room where he is under full surveillance.