The independent report into the death of a woman after she contracted Legionnaires disease at Waterford Regional Hospital earlier this year was presented to her family yesterday.
Mrs Ena Kiely (61), a mother of seven from Kilmacthomas, Co Waterford, died at the hospital in April. She was being treated for an underlying chronic medical condition when she apparently contracted Legionnaires disease from water droplets in an en suite bathroom adjacent to her private room in the hospital.
Following her death, the South Eastern Health Board established an independent inquiry to determine how the infection occurred and to recommend steps to ensure it did not happen again.
In a statement, the health board said it had offered to meet the Kiely family at their convenience. Mrs Kiely's husband Eamonn is a GP in Kilmacthomas.