HSE apology over cancer victim's diagnosis delay

The HSE has apologised to the family of a 59-year-old patient of University College Hospital Galway who died following a two-year delay in diagnosing his cancer.

The family of John McNeive, who died in August 2005, four months after he was diagnosed with cancer of the mouth, today settled their High Court action for against the HSE for €102,000. Liability was admitted in the case.