INMO calls for security review of all hospitals after killing of elderly man in Cork

A 32-year-old man from Churchfield in Cork city remains in custody at Bridewell Garda Station

The pensioner who died following the violent assault at MUH has been named locally as Matthew Healy, a retired farmer from Berrings in Co Cork. Picture: Dan Linehan

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) has called for a full security audit of all hospitals following the death of an 89-year-old widower after he was assaulted by a fellow patient at Mercy University Hospital (MUH) in Cork city on Sunday.

INMO general secretary, Phil Ní Sheaghdha, said that their "thoughts and sympathies" are with the families at the centre of the "tragic incident" at the hospital.