Better services and fewer complaints the goal for ombudsman Tyndall

THE family of a stroke victim who died after a fall from a hospital bed were distraught after their father’s remains were left in a busy ward for more than six hours.

It also took Limerick Regional Hospital more than two weeks to notify a coroner of the 61-year-old’s death.

Mr Brown (not his real name) had been admitted to Limerick Regional Hospital after suffering a stroke. But he died two days after a fall in which he suffered wounds to his head, a broken tooth, and cuts to his tongue.