A consultant in emergency medicine has described the treatment of a 101 year old woman at Tallaght hospital as an 'unforgiveable' 'human rights abuse'.
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The woman – who has a history of health problems including heart attack – was left on a trolley for 26 hours, even receiving a blood transfusion while she lay there.
Dr James Gray – consultant in emergency medicine at Tallaght Hospital – was among those who treated the woman.
He says she was lucid and put out by her treatment and said she intended to write to President Higgins to complain.
Dr. Gray says HIQA and hospital management were made aware of the case at the time.
