'My body is broken': Man settles for €1.55m after seven-year delay in cancer diagnosis

St Luke's Hospital in Kilkenny and University Hospital Waterford both apologised to Gino Appezzato for the deficits in his care

Mr Appezzato had first gone to St Luke's General Hospital in Kilkenny in 2009 for a scan as he was complaining of lower back pain. Photo: Denis Minihane

The HSE and two hospitals have apologised to a father of four after his cancer tumour went undiagnosed for nearly seven years.

Gino Appezzato, as he settled his High Court action for €1.55m, said it has destroyed his life and he had at that time been "utterly let down" by the Irish health system.