These are the words of Tipperary widow, Geraldine Connolly, as she settled for €600,000 a High Court action against the HSE over the death of her husband at Cork University Hospital five days after he had been airlifted there following a traffic accident.
A significant small bowel injury was missed completely, the High Court heard, and father of five Patrick Connolly, aged 51, deteriorated gradually and died of a heart attack in CUH five days after the road accident outside Tipperary town on December 28, 2021.
“My children never saw their father again after he went into hospital. They were not allowed in because of covid restrictions. My son who was in the accident with him, the…