Patients miss cancer treatment due to health service hack

Many patients, including some recieving cancer treatment, have had their appointments cancelled as Ireland's health services suffered widespread disruption due to the ransomware attack on the HSE. 

Widespread disruption continues across the health services following a cyberattack yesterday — and the HSE expects this to last “a number of days”.

Thousands of patients missed out on appointments yesterday as hospitals closed some non-urgent care services. Staff were unable to access test results and patient records, and could not send emails.