GP referral letter to hospital ‘went astray’

A woman suffering from anorexia took her own life after a referral for her urgent admission to hospital “went astray”.

Breege Kennedy, aged 74, of Seafield Rd, Clontarf, Dublin 3, was suffering from weight loss, anorexia, and mild depression when she was referred by a GP to St John of God Hospital in Stillorgan.

It is thought she died at least a week before she was found at her home, where the curtains were drawn and a suitcase was left in the hallway, along with documents from her GP. She was last seen alive at around 10pm on September 12 at the Davenport Hotel with a friend.