Mother of six left in coma after heart attack settles action against Kerry GP

The court heard that when Mrs Doyle presented with chest pain, she claims she should have been given aspirin and sent to hospital

Mother of six Joan Doyle had 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, he said after checks that her heart and lungs were perfect and an ECG was fine. File photo

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 chest pain has settled her High Court action.

Mother of six Joan Doyle had 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, he said after checks that her heart and lungs were perfect and an ECG was fine.