UPDATE FROM CASTLEBAR HOSPITAL – Elderly man dies after cruel and inhumane treatment Just days before he died the High Court gave legal sanction to the hospital’s use of anti-psychotic drugs and sedatives – even as this man lay malnourished and dehydrated on a hospital bed. On Christmas Day, Seán and Dr Isaac Burke reported the appalling treatment in Mayo University Hospital of this vulnerable neighbour we had looked after for many years. The gentleman has now sadly died. He suffered from dehydration and malnutrition, and was prescribed powerful anti-psychotic drugs and sedatives including Haloperidal and Midazolam. These drugs leave patients unable to eat, drink, communicate or even see the food left at their bedsides. We had been raising concerns repeatedly about the treatment of this man prior to his death. A week before our neighbour’s death, Ms Burke came upon a solicitor sitting at his bedside with a member of hospital staff. Our neighbour was in a stupor on the bed and unable to be roused. The solicitor was speaking in a loud voice, saying he was going to the High Court in the morning. We now know this man to be Adrian Lennon, who between 2020 and 2023 was paid almost €900,000 by the State for his work as a Guardian Ad Litem (“GAL”) or Third-Party Solicitor. The High Court appoints a GAL to supposedly act on behalf of a person where the HSE wishes to administer drugs to that person without their consent. The GAL is obliged to consult with those who have had involvement in caring for the person. This man Adrian Lennon refused to speak to Ms Burke at Mayo University Hospital on 18 December. The next morning in the High Court in Dublin when Judge Barry O’Donnell gave legal sanction to the hospital’s treatment of our neighbour, Mr Lennon sat in the courtroom silently. He was praised by Judge Barry O’Donnell as a “highly experienced practitioner”. Following Mr Lennon’s appointment as “Guardian”, the appalling treatment of our neighbour continued at Mayo University Hospital. Mr Lennon refused to engage with Ms Burke. He failed to respond to or even acknowledge an email and letter raising urgent concerns. Just days later, the elderly man died. As Christians, it is our duty to speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves. What we witnessed at Mayo University Hospital was appalling, abusive and inhumane. We have no doubt but that it is still continuing, not only in this hospital, but in hospitals and nursing homes around the country. This atrocity must be called out and exposed for what it is.
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