Expert dismisses suggestion abnormal cells on slide had nothing to do with cancer suffered by Ruth Morrissey

A cervical cancer expert has told the High Court it was incorrect to say the cells he identified as abnormal on Ruth Morrissey’s MedLab smear slide had nothing to do with the cancer she suffered.

Dr Michael McKenna was under cross examination by counsel for MedLab in the fifth day of the case taken by Limerick woman Ruth Morrissey who has sued the HSE and two US laboratories over the alleged misreading of two smear tests she had in 2009 and 2012 under the CervicalCheck screening programme.