Husbands who lost wives to cancer reveal private grief in bid to get accountability

Paul Dingivan and Paul Reck, two men who lost their wives to cervical cancer, are the latest people to go public with their grief in order to get to the truth about the smear test scandal.

Julie Dingivan, 36, of Fermoy, died in a hospice. She left behind her “beloved” husband and “best friend” Paul, as well as her two children and stepdaughter.

Julie went for a smear test in 2009, which she was told was clear. In 2013, she was diagnosed with cervical cancer and began treatment. Despite periods of reprieve, Julie passed away in Marymount Hospice in April last year.