Hospital confirms radiologists did not review 57,000 x-rays

Tallaght hospital in Dublin is at the centre of a cancer misdiagnoses scandal after it was confirmed that more than 57,000 x-rays taken between 2005 and the end of last year, were not reviewed by a consultant radiologist.

Hospital confirms radiologists did not review 57,000 x-rays

Tallaght hospital in Dublin is at the centre of a cancer misdiagnoses scandal after it was confirmed that more than 57,000 x-rays taken between 2005 and the end of last year, were not reviewed by a consultant radiologist.

The hospital said that the x-rays involved were for a variety of tests including cancer, orthopaedics and cardiac checks.

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