4,500 left considering their odds in potluck healthcare system

THE gun barrel is spinning: we are yet again playing Russian roulette HSE healthcare.

With more than 4,500 people across the North East wondering how deeply the latest misdiagnosis scandal will touch their lives, the tragic case of Anne Kealy epitomises the HSE at its worst — deadly inefficiency coupled with arrogance.

In March 2007, Mrs Kealy, 64, was told a CT scan showed pneumonia, she received treatment and caught MRSA as a parting gift from the hospital.