THE only private hospital operating in Limerick city is set to expand by employing an additional 20% staff over the next three years.

MEDICAL staff were doing nixers in a public hospital for Barringtons private clinic in Limerick, it has emerged.

THE latest pathologist to have his work examined by the HSE is still under investigation in Britain and has been suspended until the outcome of the investigation is known.

A WOMAN, whose breast cancer treatment was delayed for 18 months after she was wrongly given the all-clear three times, is only now beginning to think about her future.

IT IS now “crystal clear” that all the mistakes made in diagnosing breast cancer were due to an absolute breakdown of best practice, Europa Donna Ireland said yesterday.

The following is a statement made by Patient A about her experiences as a breast cancer patient that saw her misdiagnosed three times:

Patient A, the unidentified 51-year-old Tipperary woman at the centre of last week’s cancer misdiagnosis controversy, has issued a statement covering multiple misdiagnoses of her breast cancer over a period of 18 months from September 2005 to March 2007.

BARRINGTONS Hospital’s in Limerick, which has ceased treating cancer patients, yesterday offered the use of a state-of-the-art mammogram machine to the HSE for free.

A 61-YEAR-OLD father of three who was left a paraplegic following an operation to remove a tumour from his spine could have been treated without surgery, the High Court heard yesterday.

In a report in yesterday's edition of the Irish Examiner it was incorrectly stated that breast cancer test samples from Barringtons Hospital were sent to labs in University College Hospital, Galway and Cork University Hospital for analysis.

BREASTCHECK, the national breast cancer screening service, has moved to reassure women in light of the current controversies over cancer testing and health funding.

WOMEN with suspected breast cancer must have three experts check their test results before a diagnosis is made under new standards to be enforced.

Cancer cases increased almost 3% every year since the mid 1990s, it emerged tonight.

MANAGEMENT of Barringtons Hospital met with Health Minister Mary Harney last night to try to agree terms for a review of breast cancer patient files following concerns over the misdiagnosis of women attending the hospital.

Health Minister Mary Harney tonight ordered an investigation into how a woman with breast cancer was twice mistakenly given the all-clear.

A spokesperson for the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) has expressed surprise at a doctor's comments to the media that money was unnecessarily paid for a taxi journey to transport a patient from Dublin to Limerick for treatment.

PLEASE explain why in Ireland, when some top athletes test positive for a banned substance they are named and shamed while others who test positive are not?