Nine patients' lung cancer diagnoses delayed: HSE

Nine patients in Drogheda and Navan hospitals had their diagnosis of lung cancer delayed as a result of radiological missed diagnosis between August 2006 and August 2007, the Health Service Executive has revealed.

The misdiagnoses were revealed as part of a HSE review of chest X-rays and CT scans reported by a locum consultant radiologist at hospitals in Louth and Meath. Examinations of 4,936 patients were reviewed.