Inquest told Clare nursing home resident died after being given another person's medication

Coroner rules 'medication error' was a catalyst in events that led to John Mee's death

From left: Martin Kerrigan of Berwick Solicitors Galway, acting for the family, Bernadette Mee and Sr Gabriel Margaret Mee, sisters of deceased John Mee, and Doireann O'Mahony, barrister for the Mee Family, at Limerick Coroners Court Kilmallock, Co Limerick. Picture: Brendan Gleeson

A coroner has delivered a verdict of medical misadventure in the death of a man who was given an accidental overdose of medication, including another resident's, at a nursing home in Co Clare.

Limerick coroner John McNamara said the “medication error” by a nurse on duty at the Cahercalla Nursing Home, Ennis, was a “catalyst” in the events that led to John Mee’s death on June 30, 2021.