Woman, 75, died within hours of penicillin injection

A penicillin injection was given to a woman aged 75 at Cork University Hospital but she was allergic to the medicine and died within hours.

Yesterday, her family was awarded €85,000 in compensation after a case against the hospital at the High Court, sitting in Cork.

John Lucey, counsel for the family, said that Sarah Buckley, of 197 Farranferris Ave, Farranree, Cork, should not have been given penicillin as she was allergic to the drug.