Misdiagnoses a systems ‘meltdown’

IT WAS an entire systems failure that cost Ann Moriarty her life, patient advocate Rebecca O’Malley stressed yesterday.

Ms O’Malley, who went public after being wrongly given the all-clear for breast cancer, said it was unfair to blame Ms Moriarty’s untimely and tragic death from cancer on incorrectly read X-rays.

“I know that doctors and nurses make mistakes. They are human. But if you count how many mistakes were made in Ann’s case, surely she could not have been that unlucky,” said Ms O’Malley.