Patients query extent of X-ray crisis

PATIENTS embroiled in the Tallaght Hospital X-ray review scandal have called on the HSE to immediately confirm whether the crisis is being repeated in any other facility.

In the aftermath of revelations that 57,921 X-rays were not adequately reviewed at the Dublin hospital, the HSE wrote to all acute facilities asking them to guarantee they were not facing similar concerns.

The health body insisted it would confirm whether the Tallaght situation was being repeated in any other facility as a matter of urgency.