Father-of-three suffers sudden death after ‘drinking too much water’ – how much is too much?
A father-of-three died after drinking too much water, a court has heard. Sean O’Donnell, 59, from Dublin, was killed by fatal ‘water intoxication’ shortly after being encouraged to drink lots of fluid following a routine procedure in hospital. The condition is known medically as hyponatremia and is the same illness that medics suspect killed martial arts