‘MY FAMILY IS FACING DOWN THE BARREL OF A GUN’

A GARDA given just months to live after his doctor failed to pass on test results – and then tried to cover it up – has said his family is “facing down the barrel of a gun”.

‘MY FAMILY IS FACING DOWN THE BARREL OF A GUN’

Superintendent Martin Dorney, 50, who is married with three children, and who last week celebrated 30 years in the Force, told a Medical Council inquiry that the statistics showed he had “six to nine months” to live.

He was giving evidence at a Fitness to Practise (FTP) committee hearing at which his GP, Dr Patrick Joseph Lee, 45, conceded he had tried to cover up his negligence by altering a biopsy report to make it look as though the recommendation for further surgery had not been made.

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