Woman felt she was 'being ripped open' during procedure at Cork hospital, court told

Mother of three, Eileen Tynan, said was in 'terrible, terrible pain' during a day procedure to insert a pacemaker in her chest under local anaesthetic at the Bon Secours Hospital, Cork

Eileen Tynan was giving evidence in the first day of her action over the procedure carried out at Bon Secours Hospital, Cork on July 25, 2018. Picture: Collins Courts

A woman has told the High Court how she felt she was “being ripped open” and was in “terrible, terrible pain“ during a day procedure to insert a pacemaker in her chest under local anaesthetic at the Bon Secours Hospital, Cork.

Mother of three, Eileen Tynan, said it “was like hell on earth” and she was hoarse from asking the consultant cardiologist to stop but nobody listened to her during the procedure which lasted over 50 minutes.