Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Previous editions
TWO patients had a delayed cancer diagnosis when almost 58,000 X-rays taken at Tallaght Hospital in Dublin were not reviewed by a consultant radiologist.
TWO patients had a delayed cancer diagnosis when almost 58,000 X-rays taken at Tallaght Hospital in Dublin were not reviewed by a consultant radiologist.
HEALTH Minister Mary Harney will come under pressure in the Dáil to carry out a review of consultants’ work throughout the hospital network in the wake of the disclosure that one of the country’s largest hospitals had backlogs which left almost 58,000 X-rays unreviewed by consultant radiologists.
THE childcare experts appointed to an independent panel to review the deaths of children in the care of the state have vowed to be fearless in pursuing the truth behind the tragedies.
MORE child deaths may have to be investigated by the Health Service Executive (HSE) than those already confirmed.
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