Summary
THE Health Department has defended its decision to keep 'women in the dark' about substandard breast cancer screening at Barrington's Hospital.
A woman known as Patient A, who had her breast cancer treatment delayed 18 months after a botched diagnosis, asked Health Minister Mary Harney why she waited until August 2007 to suspend services at Barrington's - when the hospital had been struck off the BreastCheck national screening programme in 2005 due to 'quality assurance' considerations.See the full content of this document
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Women 'Left in the Dark' Over Screening
Patient A said: 'There were concerns in the mi...
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