HSE admits X-ray alert letters were misaddressed

RED-FACED Health Service Executive (HSE) officials admitted yesterday that letters alerting patients in the north-east about the review of thousands of X-rays and CT scans were misaddressed.

About 6,000 routine chest X-rays and 70 CT scans are being rechecked.

The HSE had engaged a private company to post letters to about 4,500 patients.