Joan is still waiting for an apology

AS 97 women face an anxious wait for the outcome of the surgical review that will confirm whether or not they actually have breast cancer, a woman who was one of nine whose misdiagnosis has been confirmed yesterday said she still has not received an apology from anyone.

Joan Kennedy who is 78 years old and from Co Offaly is now recovering from surgery two weeks ago when her breast had to be removed.

She said she still vividly remembers being told she had cancer despite getting the all-clear from Portlaoise General Hospital six months previously: “I was stunned. I did not know what to do. I said maybe I should have said to him that day that at my age and everything, what is the use in putting me through all this ordeal,” she said in an interview with RTÉ.