HSE boss admits Kerry scans ‘a serious issue’

HSE director general Tony O’Brien has described the Kerry University Hospital scans controversy as “a serious issue”.

Mr O’Brien said that around 20,000 images had already been checked before the lookback became public and there had been 700 follow-up clinical reviews.

He pointed out that the review of 46,000 patient scans that began in October had found “five serious reportable events and five serious incidents”.