Sweeney’s daughter, Michelle Eastley, told a sitting of Dublin District Coroner’s Court on Monday that she had asked several times for her father to be seen by a senior doctor and to be transferred to an intensive care unit after his condition had started to deteriorate on Christmas Eve — three days before his death.
On returning to the hospital the following day, Ms Eastley said they were informed that her father had collapsed while being taken out of bed, while his family believed his condition was worsening.On December 27th, a family member of the late Declan Sweeney said a senior registrar informed them at 10am that their father was doing well and said his lungs were 'as healthy as yours or mine'.
She said the family had asked for him to be reviewed again by a registrar later that night but were told there was only one covering the whole hospital and he was too busy to come to the ward. Prof Moloney said the patient had several medical conditions including CLL, Parkinson’s disease, recurrent chest infections and likely chronic obstructive pulmonary disease given his history as a smoker.
The coroner noted that Sweeney had been seen by a large number of doctors over the course of a week but it was “not clear” who was responsible for his care at Tallaght hospital.Dr Gallagher said it was also difficult to know which doctor should have been responsible for escalating Sweeney’s care when the early warning system appeared to warrant it.
However, the consultant said several changes had since been made at Tallaght hospital in relation to the handover of care of patients including a “Friday evening huddle” where patients who needed to be reviewed by consultants over a weekend were identified.
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