A woman’s family are “haunted” by the fear that her death, a day after suffering a miscarriage, could have been prevented if she had received sepsis medication faster, a coroner’s court has heard.
Leona Cusack (33), from Ballycasey, Shannon, Co Clare, died at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) on February 18th, 2024. She had been transferred there by ambulance from University Maternity Hospital Limerick (UMHL), as she was at risk of a heart attack.
Damien Tansey, a solicitor for Ms Cusack’s family, told the inquest it is “haunting the family that there were clear indicators of sepsis and cardiac issues, but when she went to UHL, the sepsis was forgotten
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