Health Department set to crack down on 'alternative health practitioners'
A department spokesperson said regulations governing what it described as "complimentary therapists and alternative practitioners" was under investigation by a working group and a report on the matter was expected within months.
Paul Howie died in April 2003 after being choked to death by a cancerous tumour in his neck. He had been treated by Mineke Kamper, a therapist based in Mulranny, Co Mayo. He is the second patient to have died under Ms Kamper's care.