The sisters of a woman who died from cervical cancer 10 years ago have settled a High Court action against the Health Service Executive (HSE). Mary Walsh, an accounting technician from Waterford city, died in December 2015 after being diagnosed with Stage 4 cervical cancer. The sisters claimed there was a failure to properly and correctly interpret or report Ms Walsh’s smear sample taken under the national screening programme. The HSE denied all claims.
The sisters claimed there was a failure to properly and correctly interpret or report Mary Walsh’s smear sample taken under the national screening programme. Photograph: PAThe sisters of a woman who died from cervical cancer 10 years ago have settled a High Court action against the Health Service Executive.
It was further claimed there was an alleged failure to diagnose or report that the smear sample was abnormal. All of the claims were denied by the HSE. In the proceedings, it was claimed that Ms Walsh had a cervical smear test in November 2008 as part of the national cervical cancer screening programme. The sample was reported as negative and a repeat smear in three years was recommended.
A subsequent HSE review of the smear samples upheld the original findings for the 2013 and 2014 slides, but it is claimed the smear slide of November 2008 was not reviewed. It was further claimed there was an alleged failure to advise Ms Walsh’s sisters of the outcome of the review of their sister’s smear samples.
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