Kilkenny woman exposed the controversy around the national screening programme CervicalCheck
Ms Phelan’s campaigning led to the establishment of an independent investigation, led by public health expert Dr Gabriel Scally who reported on the controversy in 2018. Photograph: Nick BradshawShe died early on Monday morning aged 48 in Milford Hospice, Co Limerick surrounded by her family.
She settled a High Court action for €2.5 million, without admission of liability, against Clinical Pathology Labs, a US laboratory that had been subcontracted by the CervicalCheck national screening programme to assess the smear test results.She had undergone a smear test in 2011 showing no abnormalities but was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2014. A subsequent CervicalCheck audit showed her original smear test result was wrong.
Born Victoria Kelly in Mooncoin, Co Kilkenny on October 28th, 1974, she was the eldest of five children.
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