Covid victim’s daughter says legislative change needed over hospital visits

Martina Ferguson, whose mother, Ursula Derry, died as a result of the Coronavirus in January 2021 (Liam McBurney/PA) - (PA Archive)

There must be legislative change to ensure that elderly and vulnerable patients do not die alone in hospital, a bereaved daughter has told the Covid-19 Inquiry.

Martina Ferguson told the hearing that she had to argue with healthcare staff for access to a hospital Covid ward in the days before her mother died in 2021.