Kerry woman left in coma after heart attack sues GP over 'substandard' care 

Complainant told the High Court that when she went to her family doctor with 'horrible and severe pain' which had travelled up her neck and down her shoulder, after checks he said her heart and lungs were perfect and an ECG was fine

Joan Doyle,  66, of Kilgobnet, Beaufort, Killarney, Co Kerry, has sued her family doctor for the last 10 years, Edmond Prendiville, of Daly's Lane Practice, Killorglin, Co Kerry, over the care she received. Picture: Collins Courts

A woman who was in a coma for four days after she suffered a heart attack at her Kerry home weeks after she attended her GP with “horrible” chest pain has sued the doctor in the High Court.

Mother of six Joan Doyle told the High Court that when she went to her family doctor with “horrible and severe pain” which had travelled up her neck and down her shoulder, after checks he said her heart and lungs were perfect and an ECG was fine.