'I have private health insurance' - Corkman spared jail for threatening hospital worker

Kenneth Feehan “began demanding treatment first" when he was brought to Mercy University Hospital before making deeply offensive comments to a member of staff. File photo: Larry Cummins

A Cork man brought by ambulance to hospital demanded to be treated first saying he had private health insurance and then made deeply offensive comments to a member of staff.

The accused man attributed his misbehaviour to concussion as a result of being assaulted before being brought to hospital.