Woman with rare brittle bone condition in agony on ‘luxury’ trolley for 9 days

A woman with a rare brittle bone condition, and who has been languishing in agony on a ‘luxury’ hospital trolley for over a week, has pleaded directly to the Minister for Health for help.

Mother of two, Kelly Magee-Di Pierro, 33, from Cork, who has osteopetrosis, or marble bone syndrome, spoke out last night as she faced into a ninth day on the trolley in Cork University Hospital’s clinical decision unit (CDU).

“This is not right. This is not appropriate patient care,” she told the Irish Examiner.