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A 93-YEAR-OLD woman died in hospital after she fell and hit her head at a nursing home in Liscannor.
Winifred Agnes Keane had been staying at Dominic Savio Nursing Je Covet eeMNlomUUS lo KcOm-limlees (elon tal fall last December.
The proprietor of the nursing home, Desdemona Smith, told Ennis Coro- ner’s Court that Ms Keane moved in on December 5, 2007 and was trans- ferred to Ennis General Hospital on January 14 last. She was mobile and alert during her stay at the nursing home.
At 7.20pm on the evening of Janu- ary 14, Ms Keane was found lying on the bathroom floor and had sustained a laceration to the left side of her
head. She was seen by a doctor, who arranged for her transfer to Ennis General Hospital for further treat- ment. However, she later died there.
Pathologist Dr Stephen Finn car- ried out a post mortem examination on Ms Keane’s body at Limerick Regional Hospital. He concluded that the cause of death was haemor- rhage as a result of the fracture of the symphsis pubis.
Coroner Isobel O’Dea said it was quite clear that Ms Keane, a widow, had suffered an accidental fall. She said she was extremely impressed with the evidence from the proprie- tor of the nursing home.
“It was very sad for Ms Keane to die so suddenly after the fall when she was waiting for further medical treatment,’ she said.