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Outrage after hospital gives jockey hurt in fall the all-clear
A TURF Club medic expressed outrage last night after well-known jockey Shay Barry was discharged from hospital with an undiagnosed fracture. Barry sustained a fractured pelvis after suffering a serious...
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Miscarriage scandal mums face delay in errors review
MOTHERS who were mistakenly told their unborn babies were dead face the prospect of a delay in finding out why they were given a wrong diagnosis. The HSE said it would be issuing guidelines to all...
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Woman settles action over breast cancer diagnosis
A CO Galway woman has settled her High Court action against the Health Service Executive (HSE) over an alleged litany of failures over many years at University College Hospital Galway, to diagnose and...
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Woman died in hospital after ‘CT scan hampered diagnosis’
A CO Kildare woman with pneumonia died in hospital after she was misdiagnosed, an inquest has heard. A verdict of medical misadventure was recorded. The coroner said a misleading CT scan had hampered a...
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Amputee alleges doctor failed in diagnosis
A WOMAN who has had both legs amputated above the knee has sued her doctor over alleged failure to diagnose that she may have been suffering from deep vein thrombosis. Catherine Blake claims Dr Gerard...
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Cancer misdiagnosis case leads to call for ‘more human decency’
The head of the State Claims Agency, Ciarán Breen said the State Claims Agency, on behalf of the HSE, had admitted liability with its defence at an early stage. It had made great efforts to come to an...
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Breast cancer misdiagnosis features highly in legal actions
MORE THAN a quarter of the legal actions taken against Irish hospitals for alleged cancer misdiagnosis over the past eight years related to cases of breast cancer, data released under the Freedom of...
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