Family await cause of skin peelling condition which led to woman's death, inquest hears

An elderly lady died of a rare skin condition which sees the body's top layer of skin peel away, an inquest has heard. 

Dublin Coroner’s Court heard that Teresa Kenny (86) of Brookview Gardens, Tallaght, Dublin 24 died on February 20 2015.

Ms Kenny was admitted to Tallaght Hospital on January 14 2015. She went on to develop toxic epidermal necrolysis, a disease that causes the top layer of skin to detach from the lower layer leaving the body open to infection. A post mortem report found that 70% of the woman’s skin was affected.