Young man had been waiting 11 hours to be seen in hospital

A young man who died in the emergency department of Tallaght University Hospital three years ago had been waiting 11 hours to be seen by a doctor when he should have been categorised as a patient in need of “urgent” care who should have been examined within 10 minutes.

An inquest at Dublin District Coroner’s Court heard evidence by several nursing staff at TUH that the emergency department was experiencing significant overcrowding and understaffing at the time.