THE MALAWIAN community in Ireland has been left saddened and concerned by the unexplained death of a Dublin-based compatriot.
THE MALAWIAN community in Ireland has been left saddened and concerned by the unexplained death of a Dublin-based compatriot.
Molly Mfune, believed to have been in her early 30s, died last month at Dublin’s Mater Hospital. She had been working and studying in the capital.
A number of friends of the late woman have said she complained of chest pains after taking up work as a cleaner over two months prior to her death.
Businessman Jim Booth, a friend of the deceased, told Metro Éireann she had expressed concern about the impact this particular work had on her health. He said her living conditions were also poor.
According to Booth, he visited her just days before her death and her breathing was “very bad”. He advised friends living with Mfune to call an ambulance to get her immediate treatment rather than waste time arranging a GP appointment.
“I knew by her that she wasn’t well but I didn’t think she was that bad... So they phoned an ambulance and she was brought to the Mater... I was absolutely dumbfounded when I heard she died.”
Booth said the late woman was “such a gentle soul” who he became acquainted with as she visited an internet café he owns in Dublin city centre.
“It is absolutely awful what happened to that lady,” he continued. “She was a student and she wanted to send money home to look after her child [in Malawi] – that is what she told me. She was a very quiet girl and very unassuming.”
Metro Éireann understands that an interim death certificate has cited Mfune’s death as undetermined.
Asked if an inquest would be held, a spokesperson for Dublin District Coroner’s Office told Metro Éireann: “The results of the autopsy in relation to Ms Mfune are pending. I’m unable to comment any further in this regard.”
By press time, the company that employed Molly Mfune had not responded to a request for comment on concerns over her death.
