Cancer patient died after 58,000 X-ray backlog

TWO patients had a delayed cancer diagnosis when almost 58,000 X-rays taken at Tallaght Hospital in Dublin were not reviewed by a consultant radiologist.

One of those patients has since died and the other is undergoing cancer treatment at the hospital.

Referring to the two known cancer cases in the backlog of X-rays, chief executive designate of Tallaght Hospital Professor Kevin Conlon said: “It is to the hospital’s deep regret that there have been two patients who have had a delayed diagnosis as a result of this.