24 miscarriage diagnoses under review

UP to 24 women may have been wrongly told they miscarried by hospital doctors over the past five years, a soon-to-be-completed HSE report into the scandal will claim.

A detailed briefing document provided to Health Minister James Reilly has confirmed two dozen cases are being examined in which doctors may have incorrectly told expectant mothers they lost their foetus.

The review was instigated last June after revelations some women were wrongly told they miscarried, a mistake caused by faulty foetal scanning, equipment and a lack of second opinions.