DOCTORS WERE called three times on Saturday night and Sunday morning to examine patients at a Kinsale hotel where a young woman was found dead on Sunday afternoon from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning.
Two doctors from the Southdoc medical agency attended at the Trident Hotel in Kinsale where they examined six guests, including sisters Miriam and Patricia Reidy.
All guests were all complaining of feeling unwell.
Miriam Reidy was found dead at her first-floor bedroom at the Trident Hotel at about 1pm on Sunday.
Her sister, Patricia, was found unconscious and brought to Cork University Hospital where she was yesterday described as being in a stable condition.
Both sisters had been examined by a doctor from the Southdoc agency, which provides out-of-hours GP cover, at about 6am on Sunday after Miriam had texted her cousin, Mairéad Reidy, to say that she was feeling unwell.
A couple from Cork city had earlier been examined by a doctor from Southdoc about 11pm on Saturday after complaining of headaches and nausea. They were taken to hospital.
A doctor from Southdoc was also called and attended two other guests at about 4am on Sunday – two hours before a doctor attended and examined the Reidy sisters.
It is understood that the two guests were also complaining of headaches and breathing difficulties.
Attempts to contact Southdoc yesterday to clarify the situation proved unsuccessful.
Trident Hotel managing director Hal McElroy said in a statement the hotel could not comment on the incident as it was the subject of an official Garda investigation.
However Mr McElroy outlined standard procedure implemented in the case of guests who become ill which is to contact a GP.
Meanwhile a British consultant engineer yesterday carried out a visual inspection of the hotel’s LPG fuelled boiler and the connecting pipework.
He will carry out tests on the boiler today to see if it was the possible source of the carbon monoxide which it is suspected killed Ms Reidy.
Gardaí have begun interviewing staff at the hotel and have begun taking statements from 90 or so guests. Gardaí are also looking to speak to anyone who visited but did not stay at the Trident Hotel on either Friday or Saturday night.
