Family settle case against HSE over death of Portuguese man

The man's mother said: 'He was generous, he was a giver, a carer. My son was my life.'

Silvia Gamela and Pedro Gamela, whose son Henrique Coelho died at Galway University Hospital, outside the High Court Dublin on Wednesday afternoon. Picture: Collins Courts

The family of a 26-year-old man who died two days after he was discharged from the emergency department of University Hospital Galway has settled a High Court action over his death.

The 26-year-old had attended the hospital A&E complaining of shortness of breath and chest pain on January 18, 2024. Henrique Coelho who was from Portugal, but who lived in Rooaunmore, Claregalway, Co Galway, died on January 20, 2024.