Family of woman who died after cardiac arrest during dental procedure settles action

Niamh O'Doherty, Cian O'Doherty, Michael O'Doherty, and Clodagh O'Doherty, the children and husband of the late Margaret O'Doherty, leaving Dublin District Coroners Court after the inquest in 2023. File picture: Colin Keegan

The family of a woman who suffered a cardiac arrest during an implant procedure at a Dublin dental clinic and died five days later has settled a High Court action over her death.

Mother of three Margaret O’Doherty was having the implants inserted under conscious sedation at Dublin Specialist Dentistry at Sandyford, Dublin, the High Court heard. After five of the seven implants had been completed, the 72-year old woman went into cardiac arrest. An ambulance was called and she was taken to hospital, where she died five days later.