Woman with intolerance to sedatives died days after dental procedure, inquest told

The deceased’s husband, Michael O’Doherty (pictured) said he was “amazed” to learn that there was nothing on the clinic’s notes about his wife’s fall and issue with sedatives as they had “laboured” it as a point during consultations. Picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

A patient who was “extremely sensitive” to sedatives died five days after suffering a cardiac arrest while undergoing a routine procedure to insert implants at a dental clinic in Dublin two years ago, an inquest has heard.

A sitting of Dublin District Coroner’s Court heard there was a dispute over whether two dental surgeons who treated the patient, Margaret O’Doherty (72), had been informed by the deceased and her family about her intolerance of sedative medication before the surgery.