Dublin Hospital Orders Review Of Cancer Screening Services
A Dublin hospital has ordered a review after a new controversy hit the country's cancer screening services at the weekend.
Crumlin Children's Hospital is investigating how a woman battling ovarian cancer, only discovered last month that she'd tested positive for a genetic cancer indicator nearly a decade ago.
The hospital's management has apologised, saying it wants to reassure other patients who've undergone testing, that it wasn't a testing error, but a transcription error.
They believe it was an isolated incident, but are reviewing all BRACA genetic cancer tests as a precaution.
Labour Party Health Spokesperson, Alan Kelly, says the lack of reassurance coming from the HSE is disappointing:
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