'No pensioner should be treated like that' - Family of man, 92, settle action against hospital

Ann Walsh (right) told Mr Justice Garrett Simons: “The way Daddy was treated, no old age pensioner should be treated like that.” Photo: Collins

The family of a 92-year-old man who died at Beaumont Hospital where he had gone for treatment after suffering a fall in his home have settled for €165,000 their High Court action over his death.

Patrick Dillon was a fit and active man and is a huge loss to his family and community in Swords, Co. Dublin, his counsel Doireann O’Mahony Bl told the High Court.