Posted by We previously reported the death of our neighbour who went into hospital with a treatable condition but died after he was routinely drugged on sedatives and antipsychotic drugs including Haloperidol. Jemima Burke was present in the High Court in December when Judge Barry O’Donnell granted all orders sought by the HSE in relation to our neighbour to sanction their treatment of this vulnerable man. The Orders allowed for our neighbour to be non-consensually injected with medication, including a number of potent anti-psychotic drugs, Haloperidol being one of them. Jemima Burke informed Judge Barry O’Donnell in December that her family had cared for our neighbour for years. We had major concerns about his treatment at Mayo University Hospital. She pleaded with him not to make the orders. He refused to have regard to her concerns. He sanctioned the administration of not just one, but a number of anti-psychotic drugs. Judge O’Donnell instructed Jemima Burke to liaise with Mr Adrian Lennon, the Guardian Ad Litem he had appointed. This is a well paid position with solicitors getting thousands of euros for the role. He told her that Mr Lennon was “a very experienced and independent practitioner.” He said that relevant information she raised with Mr Lennon would be brought before the court. Jemima Burke acted on the Judge’s instructions. She wrote to Mr Lennon by post and email. She never received a response. Mr Lennon stands to receive thousands of euro for his role as GAL in this situation, a role he abused in flagrant disregard for our beloved neighbour who has died before his time. Mr Lennon stonewalled our every effort to raise urgent concerns, refusing to even acknowledge them. Today when we raised our concerns in the High Court over the conduct of Mr Lennon Judge Barry O’Donnell refused to listen. He vociferously defended Mr Lennon describing him as an experienced and highly regarded practitioner. He showed complete disregard for the concerns raised. In early December Judge Barry O’Donnell stated he was granting the Orders to Mayo University Hospital to ensure that our neighbour did not die before his time. The truth is: our family visited our neighbour in hospital every day, for hours at a time, morning and evening. There was no improvement in his condition but rather an unspeakable decline. Our neighbour was starved, dehydrated and left to die on a hospital bed. We regularly observed him in a stupor, with meals of stew and curry left by his bedside untouched. He died only days after Judge O’Donnell’s Orders were handed down. We have raised serious concerns with Judge O’Donnell today but the truth is he showed no concern whatsoever. Instead he praised to high heaven the Guardian Ad Litem (GAL) Adrian Lennon who acted hand in glove with the hospital in the administration of highly potent anti-psychotic drugs which ultimately led to our neighbour’s organ failure and death. The utterly appalling treatment of vulnerable elderly people in hospital wards and nursing homes must continue to be exposed.
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