'I lost my husband and my best friend of 50 years' - Widow whose husband died after 'medical misadventure'

Ellen Hackett holding a photo of her late husband John Hackett, surrounded by her family, after the inquest into his death. Coroner's Court, Store Street, Dublin. Picture: Caroline Quinn

Conor Feehan and Louise Roseingrave

A WIDOW has spoken of her distress at the loss of a loving husband and father after an inquest returned a verdict of medical misadventure.

Ellen Hackett's husband John (71), of Finglas, died from a blood clot four weeks after surgery at the Mater Hospital on November 5, 2014.