'I'm 78 years of age boy, don't forget about me': Elderly woman rang gardaí while dying in Mercy hospital

Alice Donovan’s daughter has fought for over two years to find out what happened during her mother’s time at Cork’s Mercy University Hospital before her death from covid-19

Alice Donovan tested positive for covid-19 on January 22, 2021 and remained without visitors until January 28. Picture: Denis Minihane

An elderly woman who died alone in a Cork hospital during January 2021 had previously made a 999 call to gardaí from her ward because she was so frightened, the Ombudsman has confirmed.

Alice Donovan’s daughter Allison McCarthy has fought for over two years to find out what happened during her mother’s time in Mercy University Hospital (MUH) between December 27, 2020, and her death from covid-19 in the early hours of January 30, 2021.