MS sufferer's asphxiation death 'a mystery'

A woman who was severely incapacitated with multiple sclerosis asphyxiated during a brief stay in a respite care centre, an inquest heard today.

Linda Ryan, 46, from Dublin’s Swords was discovered on the floor with her head caught between the bed rail and the mattress in MS Ireland’s respite centre at Bushy Park in Rathgar on February 27, 2005.