The country’s top medics tonight launched a withering attack on the Government’s health strategy branding the Health Service Executive cowardly, incompetent and arrogant.

IT is unsafe to continue with acute services at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Ennis, a damning report by the state’s health service watchdog reveals.

TWO families who triggered the independent review of services at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Ennis are furious no one has been held accountable.

Ennis General Hospital has been declared unsafe according to a new report from the health watchdog HIQA.

Services at the Mid Western Regional Hospital in Ennis will come under scrutiny today as the results of a HIQA report are published this lunchtime.

THE families of two women, who died after they were incorrectly given breast cancer all-clears, said they will hold Health Minister Mary Harney personally responsible if an investigation into the scandal fails to explain how the tragedies occurred.

A YOUNG teacher whose breast cancer went undiagnosed at one of the country’s leading hospitals has told her story in the hope of encouraging other women with symptoms to insist on thorough tests.

THE review team investigating cancer services at the Mid-West Regional Hospital in Ennis is expected to complete its work within three months.

THE state’s health service watchdog yesterday outlined the purpose and structure of its investigation into the quality and safety of patient care at Ennis General Hospital.

A review by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) of services at Ennis General Hospital will include an examination of communication between staff and patients as well as a review of clincial care at the hospital.

THE family of deceased cancer misdiagnosis victim Ann Moriarty believe attempts were made to cover up mistakes in relation to her hospital treatment.

The family of cancer victim Edel Kelly are to meet Health Minister Mary Harney today.

FAMILIES of women who died as a result of cancer misdiagnosis will get “the full facts” about what happened to their loved ones, Health Minister Mary Harney has said.

The roll-out of specialist breast check centres will top the agenda at a major cancer conference being held in Dublin today.

A SPECIALIST helpline has been established for GPs dealing with women seeking a review of their breast cancer results.

I WISH to congratulate the relatives of cancer victims Ann Moriarthy and Edel Kelly for demanding an inquiry into their deaths.

Health Minister Mary Harney is refusing to rule out the possibility that a new investigation of standards at Ennis General Hospital could lead to a downgrading of services.

An independent inquiry is to be carried out in to cancer services at Ennis General Hospital in Co Clare.

HSE chief executive Brendan Drumm has confirmed that the organisation is investigating a third suspected breast cancer misdiagnosis at Ennis General Hospital.

THE chief executive of the Health Service Executive has confirmed that a third case of cancer misdiagnosis is expected to come to light and that medical files have been taken from Ennis General Hospital for assessment at another facility.

THERESE KIELY was just 25 years old when she was found to have a condition that can sometimes be a precursor to breast cancer.

THE mother of Edel Kelly — the woman who died after her cancer went undiagnosed at Ennis Hospital, Co Clare — has described her hairdresser daughter as her best friend.

THE Government is continuing to push the line on having eight designated cancer treatment centres while its members are cutting ribbons at new private facilities all over the country, a top cancer specialist has claimed.

WE have learnt how powerless we are when international financiers loot and pillage like privateers rather than bankers worthy of trust or respect.

The family at the centre of the latest cancer misdiagnosis controversy is expected to call for an independent inquiry into the case later today.

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