Deaf elderly man ‘had to walk home from hospital’

A woman whose elderly sick brother had to walk home from Wexford General Hospital in the middle of the night said she is ‘disgusted’ at how he was treated.

Nancy Pitman of Brendan Corish Gardens said her brother Patrick (67), who is deaf, was brought to hospital by ambulance a week ago.

The Wexfordman who lives in Maudlintown had been vomiting for weeks and his GP arranged for him to go into hospital.

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