Inquest finds Cork grandmother died of total organ failure three months after starting on Ozempic

Pathologist Dr Margot Bolster said Breeda O’Donoghue's death should be referred to the Health Products Regulatory Authority

Breeda O’Donoghue of West End in Carrigtwohill, Co Cork died on December 9, 2023 at Cork University Hospital (CUH) having been hospitalised three days earlier.

A Cork mother-of-two died from total organ failure less than three months after starting the weight-loss drug Ozempic.

Breeda O’Donoghue, aged 66, suffered “profound vomiting” after increasing her Ozempic dose in line with her prescription which interfered with her blood pH level so profoundly that she suffered organ failure and died.