Cork woman died after surgical wire penetrated her heart during operation

The inquest was told that Maureen Carrig died shortly after undergoing elective surgery at the Beacon Hospital in Dublin

Doctors had considered that they had three options for treating Maureen Carrig, the inquest was told. Generic picture.

An inquest has heard how an elderly West Cork woman died after a surgical wire penetrated her heart during an operation.

Maureen Carrig, an 81-year-old mother of three from Ardmanagh, Schull, Co Cork, died shortly after undergoing elective surgery at the Beacon Hospital in Sandyford, Co Dublin, on May 27, 2019.