Hiqa probes alleged abuses at St Finbarr’s Hospital in Cork
The Health Information and Quality Authority received information about the incidents after a resident was found to have unexplained bruising in May last year. Before making the unannounced inspection of the HSE-run facility last October, the authority had asked the hospital to investigate the allegations and provide it with a report.
The hospital was unaware of the first incident that occurred in September 2014 but knew about the second one which occurred last July. It initiated a disciplinary process in relation to first incident that was ongoing at the time of the inspection but found that the second one was unsubstantiated.
