Two more women diagnosed with cancer in Irish misdiagnosis fiasco

Dublin - Two more women have been diagnosed with cancer in the misdiagnosis fiasco that has further rocked confidence in Ireland's health system, the Irish health minister told the Dail (parliament) Wednesday. Health Minister Mary Harney said that a total of nine women who were originally given the all clear for breast cancer at the Midland Regional Hospital in Portlaoise have now been diagnosed with the disease. The Health Service Executive (HSE), the agency responsible for Ireland's health service, has terminated breast radiology services at Portlaoise, placed a consultant radiologist on administrative leave and set up a review of all breast radiology diagnoses at the hospital from November 2003 to August 2007. The news came on the same day as Harney and Taoiseach (prime minister) Bertie Ahern met with the director of the new National Cancer Control Programme, Professor Tom Keane. The programme foresees all major cancer treatment services transferred to eight designated Specialist Cancer Centres, sparking protests from locals where treatment centres are to be phased out. More than 200 people from north-western Ireland demonstrated outside parliament Wednesday to voice opposition to the withdrawal of breast cancer services from Sligo General Hospital. © 2007 dpa - Deutsche Presse-Agentur

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