Family seeks answers over father’s death

A woman has said her family demands answers from the HSE about the circumstances surrounding her father’s death in University Hospital Waterford’s (UHW) emergency department (ED).

Jimmy Power, aged 66, died of a cardiac arrest having been admitted to UHW in April with complications from his existing asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Despite difficulties breathing, Mr Power was sent to a waiting room, and not allocated a bed for monitoring. Two-and-a-half hours later he complained to staff he was feeling unwell, suffered a cardiac arrest, and died.