Family settle for €125k over man who died two weeks after discharge from Waterford hospital

It was claimed had an appropriate history been taken from Brendan Holden at University Hospital Waterford, it would have established unstable angina and he would have been admitted into hospital where appropriate treatment would have been administered.

The family of a man who was referred to hospital with shortness of breath and chest tightness but was later discharged home and died two weeks afterwards has settled, for €125,000, a High Court action over his death.

An autopsy found the cause of death for father of three Brendan Holden, from Mullinavat, Co Kilkenny, was severe underlying ischaemic heart disease, with an enlarged heart noted as a contributing factor.