An inquest has heard claims that a Dublin woman died prematurely three years ago due to the failure of doctors at the Beacon Hospital in Dublin to diagnose she had a cancerous tumour on her spine.
Bridget McKeown, 68, a mother of three from Balbriggan, Co Dublin, died at a nursing home in Swords on September 30, 2019 six weeks after she had been discharged from Beaumont Hospital where the tumour was first detected.
A sitting of Dublin District Coroner’s Court on Thursday heard that Ms McKeown had attended Beaumont Hospital on May 14, 2019 after discharging herself from the Beacon against medical advice because of concerns for her own safety and the treatment she had received there over 19 days.
