Health watchdog briefed on cancer misdiagnosis

THE State’s health service watchdog was briefed yesterday by the Health Service Executive on the latest breast cancer misdiagnosis controversy.

The Health Information and Quality Authority wrote to the HSE last week asking for a full briefing in relation to the case of Ann Moriarty, who died from metastatic breast cancer earlier this year.

The 53-year-old woman, who died last April, had twice been given the all clear following tests last year at Ennis General Hospital.