Dad dies after being stung by swarm of wasps while cutting hedge in his garden

Michael Sheehan accidentally disturbed a wasp nest portion trimming a hedge successful his backmost plot successful Cork - helium dragged himself wrong but sadly died aft suffering aggregate stings

A begetter of 3 has tragically died aft being stung by a swarm of wasps portion helium was trimming a hedge successful his backmost garden.

Michael Sheehan, who was successful his 50s, accidentally disturbed a nest whilst gardening astatine his location successful Cork, Ireland, and suffered aggregate stings. He managed to resistance himself backmost wrong wherever helium collapsed earlier exigency services were called. Heartbreakingly, Michael was pronounced dormant by paramedics earlier helium could beryllium transferred to hospital.

Paramedics had attempted to dainty him astatine the country pursuing the calamity earlier this week, but arrived to find that helium was nary longer conscious. A afloat postmortem is owed to beryllium carried retired astatine Cork University Hospital, and an inquest volition beryllium held successful owed course.

Michael is believed to person suffered an anaphylactic daze brought connected by a superior allergic reaction to the stings. The decease is presently being treated arsenic a tragic accident.

It follows a abstracted incidental successful June this year, wherever a antheral died aft being stung by a wasp and having nary thought helium was allergic. Eamonn Hogan, 43, from Kilcoo, Co Down successful Ireland, was aboriginal recovered to person a terrible allergy to the stings, causing him to spell into anaphylactic shock. He passed distant successful infirmary 2 days later.

On the archetypal day of his death, Eamonn's woman Corrina spoke retired to rise consciousness connected the request for radical with allergies to transportation an EpiPen. She said: “Eamonn didn’t cognize that helium had a wasp/bee sting allergy; we would besides similar to promote anyone who has a known allergy to transportation your EpiPen arsenic this tin beryllium the quality betwixt beingness and death.”

Following the tragic accident, Anaphylaxi UK besides issued a connection explaining that for the bulk of people, an insect sting is usually uncomfortable, but not dangerous. For immoderate however, a bee oregon wasp sting tin beryllium superior and pb to perchance life-threatening anaphylaxis.

The foundation said: “To rise awareness, we re-launched our Bee Allergy Aware run to item the signs of a superior absorption and what to bash successful an emergency. If you person been stung by a bee oregon wasp and experienced symptoms distant from the tract of the sting, delight interaction your GP and inquire for a referral to an allergy clinic.”