Daughter says father ‘died with no dignity’ after hospital fall

Anne Marie Abbott was also critical of the communication process after his death, noting she heard about the investigation into her father's death through local media.

An inquest into the death of Martin Abbott, aged 65, from Shannon, Clare, heard he died after falling from a trolley in University Hospital Limerick's emergency department in 2019.

The daughter of a man who may have been dead for over an hour at University Hospital Limerick (UHL), before being found on the floor, says she will never get over him dying "with no dignity".

An inquest into the death of Martin Abbott, aged 65, from Shannon, Clare, heard he died after falling from a trolley in the hospital's emergency department in 2019. A verdict of medical misadventure was recorded at an inquest into his death this week.