Maura Derrane: Tragedy of the man who died of shyness
Sunday Mirror, Dec 4, 2005 by Maura Derrane
THE wife of a solicitor who died two days after undergoing an operation to stop blushing was paid nearly EUR5million in compensation during the week.
Eleanor Synnott sued the surgeon and the hospital where the operation took place. The award was one of the biggest ever paid out in Ireland.
Alan Synnott was one of the country's most successful personal injuries solicitors.
Court papers revealed that there were problems inserting the tubular device into his chest and that as a result of this his lungs were damaged and massive bleeding occurred.
Although emergency surgery was performed Alan Synott never regained consciousness and died two days later.