'She was left in the hallway beside the bins': Inquest hears woman, 67, who discharged herself later died

A 67 year old cancer patient discharged herself from hospital due to overcrowding and died four days later, an inquest heard.

'She was left in the hallway beside the bins': Inquest hears woman, 67, who discharged herself later died

A 67 year old cancer patient discharged herself from hospital due to overcrowding and died four days later, an inquest heard.

Elizabeth Leavy from Montpellier Road, Dublin 7 was left waiting on a hospital trolley for six hours.

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