Patients' groups hails fresh garda probe into hysterectomies scandal

A patients’ support group has welcomed news of a fresh garda investigation connected to the number of hysterectomies carried out at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda.

Detectives have been investigating the disappearance of a number of files from the Co Louth hospital and are expected to question disgraced obstetrician Dr Michael Neary in the coming weeks.