An elderly man died from an adverse reaction to a common antibiotic he was prescribed to prevent possible infection following a successful operation, an inquest has heard.

THE leading representative body for Irish pathologists has said test result errors will always be made, but every effort must be made to ensure the error margin is kept within internationally acceptable standards.

A PATHOLOGY expert has reassured women that a needlestick test used in cancer diagnosis — criticised in the report into the misdiagnosis of Rebecca O’Malley — is effective when appropriately used.

PATIENTS at a Dublin hospital are being asked to “queue” at home for a bed rather than in an overcrowded A&E department.