HSE and hospital apologise for failings in care of pensioner who died two days after leaving A&E

The hospital manager's letter said they 'have made significant improvements to the processes involved in monitoring and repeating monitoring of our patients in the emergency department'

Noreen McCormack’s daughter had raised concerns in the A&E of Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore, that her mother had been unwell in the days prior to a fall and she continued to have dizzy spells while waiting in hospital. File picture: James Flynn/APX

The HSE has apologised for the failings in the care of a pensioner who died two days after being discharged from a hospital A&E eight years ago.

Mother and grandmother Noreen McCormack had been feeling unwell and fell down the stairs at home, but when she was brought to the hospital emergency department, the High Court heard she was treated for the fall, but she later died from pneumonia.