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The Last Word With Matt Cooper

"People Have Lost Trust In The Health System"

Two weeks ago, Vicky Phelan told her story on The Last Word of how her smear test results were overl...
TodayFM
TodayFM

6:05 PM - 10 May 2018



The Last Word With Matt Cooper

"People Have Lost Trust In The Health System"

TodayFM
TodayFM

6:05 PM - 10 May 2018

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Two weeks ago, Vicky Phelan told her story on The Last Word of how her smear test results were overlooked.

Emma Mhic Mhathúna, another woman with a similar story to Vicky's, has now come forward and is also terminally ill with cervical cancer.

Should we audit all cancer screening in the wake of this scandal?

Orla Kelly is a partner in the medical negligence department at Cantillons Solicitors in Cork. She says she fears there are many more similar cases to come, and those they have heard from so far require support, including counselling.

 

"People have lost trust in the health system. We need mandatory disclosure."

David Cullinane, Sinn Féin member of the Public Accounts Committee, says: "These women have been badly let down by the state and by the HSE."

"If you either knew or ought to have known about these issues, your position becomes untenable."

"A decision was made to withhold vital information from all of these women, and it's absolutely scandalous. Tony O'Brien should without question step down as director general."

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