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Aug 29 2024
Sanctions await STOP THE BUS hospital bosses over Aoife’s death by Páraic McMahon paraic@clareecho.ie
SENIOR OFFICIALS at University Hospital Limerick (UHL) are to be hit with disciplinary proceedings in light of the Clarke Report into the death of Shannon teenager Aoife Johnston. Chief Executive of UHL, Colette Cowan is among the officials facing disciplinary proceedings in light of a report into Aoife’s death which occurred in December 2016. She has stepped down from her role pending the outcome of the report completed by former Chief Justice,
Frank Clarke. Sixteen year old Aoife was admitted to UHL’s ED with suspected sepsis in December 2022. She died after waiting more than 12 hours for the treatment that could have saved her life. An inquest in April found her death was due to medical misadventure. The Johnston family have said they “profoundly disappointed” with the report and that they have learned nothing new from it.
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