Mother's death from toxic shock syndrome linked to tampon in her body, inquest told

The woman was rushed by ambulance to St Vincent’s University Hospital in Dublin but was pronounced dead at 2.20am the following morning. File picture: Colin Keegan, Collins Dublin

A young Dublin mother with no history of any health condition died from toxic shock syndrome linked to a tampon in her body, an inquest has heard.

Samantha Comiskey (36), a mother of six young children from Maple Avenue, Ballybrack, Co Dublin, collapsed at her home on the evening of St Patrick’s Day last year after complaining of feeling unwell.