Hospital patient who refused to eat sitting up choked to death on her lunch, inquest told

The hospital’s nurse manager said the patient was not compliant with instructions about eating her meals and would not allow staff to prop her up properly at mealtimes. File picture

A patient in a south Dublin hospital who refused to sit up to eat her meals, choked to death while eating her lunch, an inquest has heard.

Euphemia Jones (75), a long-term resident at Leopardstown Park Hospital in Foxrock, Co. Dublin, died on July 23, 2020, after choking while eating a meal of salmon and mashed potato and vegetables.