€110k settlement in cancer diagnosis case

THE husband of a woman who claimed her life was wrongfully cut short due to alleged failures at the Mid-Western General Hospital to diagnose a recurrence of her cancer has secured €110,000 in a settlement of his High Court action against the Health Service Executive.

Karl Henry had sued the HSE over alleged failures at the Ennis hospital in diagnosing and treating his wife, Anne Moriarty, for breast cancer.

Ms Moriarty died in April 2008 and it was alleged, if properly diagnosed and treated, her life would have been prolonged and her symptoms reduced.