Nurse unaware of patient's earlier attempt to leave hospital, inquest hears

Nurse Pete Browne agreed with solicitor Roger Murray that “a lot of information” was not shared during the transfer

Lahardane man Patrick Rowland, 69, went missing while a patient at Mayo University Hospital.

A nurse who spoke with a patient before he left a Mayo University Hospital ward, and was later found in a nearby river, did not know of his earlier attempt to leave the hospital.

Staff nurse Peter Browne said he would have tried to stop Patrick Rowland, 69, if he had known.