Hundreds of patients recalled over misread scans and x-rays
Bantry General Hospital was one of the worst affected.
A leading consultant says the recall of hundreds of patients after scans and X-rays were misread at a number of hospitals, including Bantry General, highlights an over-reliance on locum doctors.
Thousands of scans and X-rays at 7 different hospitals had to be reviewed after errors were found in the work of three locum radiologists.
Bantry was the worst affected where nearly four thousand five hundred scans and X-rays examined between May and September 2013 had to be looked at again, hundreds of patients were recalled and one had a delayed cancer diagnosis.
Consultant Oncologist, Senator John Crown, says the Irish health service relies too heavily on the use of locum doctors for day to day cover.
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