DEAD AFTER 12HR WAIT FOR A BED; Boxer, 28, suffers multi-organ failure in 3rd hospital visit.Byline: BY SARAH Sarah or Sarai: see Sara. Sarah (flourished early 2nd millennium BC) In the Hebrew scriptures, the wife of Abraham and mother of Isaac. She was childless until age 90. STACK AGRAVELY ill boxer whose organs were shutting down died after waiting more than 12 hours for an intensive care bed, an inquest heard yesterday. Dubliner Stephen Keeler, a 28-year-old painter and decorator A painter and decorator is a tradesman responsible for the painting and decorating of buildings, and is also known as a decorator or house painterref>[1] History of the trade , had visited his GP and three Dublin hospitals over three days prior to his death on July 10, 2002. Dublin City Dublin City can refer to any of the following:
The father of one had been diagnosed with acute pneumonia and developed septicaemia septicaemia or septicemia Noun an infection of the blood which develops in a wound [Greek sēptos decayed + haima blood] septicemia, septicaemia which caused multi-organ failure over a four to five-hour period. The hearing heard pneumonia is fatal in less than four out of 1,000 people in his low-risk category. The inquest heard Mr Keeler first visited his GP on July 8 and complained of breathlessness and chest pain when walking. Dr Eugene O'Connell told how he feared the patient had a collapsed lung and referred him to Tallaght Hospital where he was prescribed an antibiotic, and discharged. The following morning Mr Keeler - the youngest of nine siblings - complained of feeling worse. Dr O'Connell added: "He looked quite ill. I was quite concerned and called an ambulance to transport him to St James's." Stephen's brother Paul said he looked like a corpse in St James's A&E unit and couldn't believe he was being discharged. Specialist Linus Offiah, who treated Mr Keeler within minutes of arriving at St James's told the inquest he believed the patient was well. The doctor rejected an allegation he spoke to Stephen's brother and late mother, who begged her son be kept in hospital. At around 4am the next day Mr Keeler's condition deteriorated and his girlfriend called an ambulance which took him to the Mater. He waited for a bed in the intensive care unit before being transferred to St James's at around 5pm. He died in its intensive therapy unit shortly after 10pm. The inquest continues. |
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