There’ll be more cancer mistakes, warns Drumm

THE chief executive of the HSE believes tragic cases of misdiagnosis, like the one which lead to the death of Ann Moriarty, will continue to occur if all eight centres of cancer care excellence aren’t fully up and running.

Ms Moriarty died earlier this year after her local hospital in Ennis failed twice to diagnose her breast cancer. A further misdiagnosis was made at St James’s Hospital, Dublin.

Professor Brendan Drumm acknowledged it was very difficult for Ms Moriarty’s husband, Karl, and their 13-year-old son, to come to terms with the tragedy.