Waterford death ‘a national disgrace’

The death of Waterford man Thomas Power, who died of a heart attack in an ambulance on his way to Cork, has been described as a “national disgrace”.

Mr Power, 40, had presented to University Hospital Waterford (UHW) with a pain in his chest on Sunday but was sent to Cork because the cath lab was not open in his home county.

The UHW cath lab, where cardiac tests and procedures take place, only operates Monday to Friday 9am-5pm.