‘I can’t take it anymore,’ said six-year-old before he died in CUH

Boy's mother asks Coroner’s Court: 'Why did a doctor not come when I called? Why did they not listen to a mother’s instinct?'

Logan Murphy from Macroom died at CUH in August 2024 due to viral myocarditis — inflammation of the heart muscle due to a virus. File picture

A six-year-old child said “I can’t take it anymore” shortly before he died in Cork University Hospital less than 24 hours after he was admitted with abdominal pain.

Logan Murphy’s parents watched him deteriorate while repeatedly asking for help.