Woman 'deprived of simple lifesaving treatment'

Family of Donegal woman receives €325k settlement from HSE after her death from blood clot in 2018

Counsel for the Kelly family Doireann O’Mahony yesterday told the High Court Bridie Kelly’s family were very aggrieved at the way she was “neglected and deprived of simple lifesaving treatment” in the form of anticoagulation. Picture: iStock

The family of a 54-year-old mother-of-three who presented at a hospital twice with intense leg pain but later died from a blood clot has settled a High Court action for €325,000.

Counsel for the Kelly family Doireann O’Mahony yesterday told the High Court Bridie Kelly’s family were very aggrieved at the way she was “neglected and deprived of simple lifesaving treatment” in the form of anticoagulation.