Mercy Hospital, Cork

A PATIENT has died after an apparent attack by a younger patient at the Mercy University Hospital (MUH) in Cork.

"The scene is currently preserved for forensic and technical examination. "The incident occurred after 5am and gardai were immediately alerted. An incident room has been established at the Bridewell Garda Station and the services of the State Pathologist have been requested." "The hospital is providing counselling services to patients and staff affected by the incident." The aftermath of the incident is understood to have been witnessed by several other patients and MUH staff members. The man in custody is in his 30s.

AN INVESTIGATION IS underway into the death of a man in his 80s following an incident at Cork's Mercy University Hospital early this morning.

The scene is being preserved for forensic and technical examination. Staff members at the hospital are shocked by what unfolded on site. A man in his 30s has been arrested. He also has grandchildren.The arrested man is from Cork city. The family of the deceased have been informed and a Family Liaison Officer has been appointed. More than 5,000 readers have already pitched in to keep free access to The Journal.

The man killed at Mercy University Hospital in Cork has been named as retired farmer Matthew Healy. Mr Healy died in an apparent attack by a fellow patient ...

It is understood the 89-year-old deceased is from Berrings in Co Cork and is the father of adult children. Gardaí say they responded to Mercy Hospital in Cork after reports of an incident involving two male patients at 5.30am this morning. The arrested man is from the northside of Cork city. Gardaí have sealed off the area pending a full forensic examination. The incident occurred after 5 am and gardai were immediately alerted. “He was a highly respected gentleman and we here in Berrings are devastated really. I spent a period there myself in 2020. The tragedy comes just weeks after the death of the victim's wife. Gardaí have said: "The scene is currently preserved for forensic and technical examination. "I just heard what happened on the news. The family also suffered a personal tragedy many years ago when they lost their young daughter. Mr Healy died in an apparent attack by a fellow patient at around 5.30am on Sunday morning.

A man in his 30s was arrested at the scene and taken to Bridewell Garda Station in Cork, after a man in his late 80s died. Both men were patients at Mercy ...

Both men were patients at Mercy University Hospital. Irish police arrested a man in his 30s at the scene, and he was taken to Bridewell Garda Station in the city. A man in his 30s was arrested at the scene and taken to Bridewell Garda Station in Cork, after a man in his late 80s died.

The 89-year-old man killed as he slept in his hospital bed in the Mercy Hospital in Cork had only recently become a widow, it has emerged.

Gardaí have said: "The scene is currently preserved for forensic and technical examination. Staff were alerted by screaming and shouting coming from the bed where the 89-year-old patient had been sleeping. The deceased man, a retired farmer from the Berrings area north of Blarney, was well-known in his community and is survived by three children and eight grandchildren. A man in his early 30s has been arrested and is currently being questioned at the Bridewell Garda station. One nurse who had been working on the wards this weekend told CorkBeo: "We are overwhelmed with the shock. The family were informed early this morning of his death and a liaison officer was detailed to help them by management at the Mercy Hospital.

The investigation is expected to examine if the suspect should have been in a different area of the hospital at the time of the attack.

That statement said the hospital was “saddened and shocked at the tragic and unexpected death of an elderly patient in an incident in the hospital today". The scene remains preserved for forensic and technical examination by the Cork City Divisional Scenes of Crime Unit.” Counselling is also being made available to hospital staff, one of whom required medical attention for an injury sustained when trying to intervene. A spokesman for the hospital said last night that the six-person ward where the killing took place was fully occupied at the time of the incident, and a full complement of staff was on duty. A walking frame was believed to have been used as a weapon during the incident. The scene of the attack, in a ward in the main block of the hospital, remained sealed off last night, as a veil of shock hung over the MUH while gardaí continued an on-site technical and forensic examination.