‘Every special occasion is tainted by our loss’

“My family has been torn apart. Every Christmas, every birthday and every special occasion will forever be tainted by this loss.”

‘Every special occasion is tainted by our loss’

Those were the words of Seamus Hamilton outside the Four Courts yesterday after he had heard an apology read out in the High Court from Letterkenny General Hospital that the cancer which killed his young wife was not diagnosed and treated at an earlier stage.

Melissa Hamilton was only 34 when she died, eight days after the delivery of her third child and only two weeks after her cancer was finally diagnosed.

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