THE FATHER of the late Aoife Johnston has said he "lost the plot" while watching his daughter deteriorate and make wailing sounds in the ED at UHL. In December 2022, 16-year-old Aoife Johnston died after waiting nearly 14 hours for treatment at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Limerick. She presented with suspected sepsis and passed away after a delay in receiving medical care.
A recently published report into the incident has confirmed that her death was “almost certainly avoidable.” Aoife's mother and father, Carol and James, spoke out about the devastating loss of their daughter on RTÉ's Prime Time last night with Carol saying she firmly believes that if Aoife was in a different hospital, she would have survived that night. Speaking about the night Aoife was admitted to UHL, her father, James Johnston said: “There's not a day that goes by that I don't blame myself for not doing more later on during the night, and just.
.. I just didn't think she was going to die.
Like, I really. I just. If I had.
If I had known, I would have torn the place apart, but I just didn't. Just didn't think like, that she was going to die on us. I really didn't.
” The official report into Aoife’s death highlights significant delays in care at University Hospital Limerick, where Aoife waited nearly 14 hours in the Emergency Department before receiving any form of treatment for suspected sepsis. James said they were going in and out to the staff begging for help all night. ".