Doctor defends claims he failed to diagnose patient’s heart attack

A DOCTOR has defended claims that he missed a heart attack when a patient came to him complaining of chest pains.

The Irish Medical Council is investigating the case of a British tourist who claims he was only given a prescription for high blood pressure by a doctor on call at SouthDoc in Cork.

James Taylor, 62, from Nottingham, said that when he went to his own GP the following day he was informed he had had a coronary incident.