20c coin removed from man's gullet did not cause death, inquest hears

Doctors removed a 20 cent coin from the gullet of a 78 year old man who later died, an inquest heard. 
20c coin removed from man's gullet did not cause death, inquest hears

The man’s daughter and carer wept at Dublin Coroner’s Court as she was told his death was not linked to his ingestion of the coin.

“I’m just so relieved to know I couldn’t have done anymore than I did,” Bernie Dolan told the court.

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