Family of man who died with renal failure settle action over claim he was not offered liver transplant

Family claimed there was an alleged failure to consider or offer liver transplantation to Alan Kelly, 49, in particular when he had stopped drinking alcohol

Christine Kelly, Slievebloom Road, Drimnagh, Dublin, had sued St James’s Hospital, Dublin, over the care her husband received at the hospital. File picture: Wanderley Massafelli/RollingNews.ie 

The family of a 49-year-old man who, it was claimed, was not offered the option of a liver transplant by St James’s Hospital, Dublin, has settled a High Court action over the care he received before his death.

Father of five Alan Kelly, who had stopped drinking alcohol in 2008, died four years later over 10 days after he was admitted to the Dublin hospital and noted to be in renal failure.