'I have a thousand questions', says father of boy whose tumour was missed in CUH scan

The parents of a two-year-old Cork boy with cancer say he could have died had doctors in their native Poland not detected the tumour after his condition was misdiagnosed at Cork University Hospital.

Sebastian Witkowski has suffered superior vena cava syndrome — an obstruction of blood flow to his heart — due to a 8cm by 9cm tumour on his chest his parents say was missed in a scan in CUH.

Now Sebastian is undergoing aggressive chemotherapy treatment in Poland and the family say they are worried about meeting the financial demands of his treatment as the cover provided by the State is running out.