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Wed 05 May 2007Coroner to request nursing home inspection after deathThe Dublin county coroner is to write to the Health Service Executive to request an immediate inspection of a Co Dublin nursing home following the death of an elderly woman under distressing circumstances, an inquest heard yesterday.Elizabeth Donovan (98) died at Lucan Lodge Nursing Home on May 28th, 2006. Dublin county coroner Dr Kieran Geraghty said the cause of Mrs Donovan's death was pneumonia with associated skin ulceration, cystitis and dehydration. He recorded a verdict of misadventure.