Dad died after op to detect mystery illness

Inquest hears software engineer John, 52, had fatal liver biopsy bleed

- BY SEAN MCCARTHAIGH

A FATHER suffered fatal internal bleeding from a liver biopsy that was performed to try and help doctors diagnose a condition which had baffled them for several months, an inquest has heard.

A verdict of medical misadventure was recorded into the death of John Bray, 52, from Coolroe Meadows, Ballincollig, Co Cork, in St Vincent's University Hospital in Dublin on March 31, 2023.

A sitting of Dublin District Coroner's Court heard that Mr Bray - a software engineer with IBM - died after suffering multi-organ failure in the hospital's intensive care unit.

The inquest heard the exact cause of the illness that had affected the father-of-three for several months was only discovered with the results of a postmortem on his body.