Barry Comer suing St James's Hospital over late wife's terminal cancer diagnosis

Businessman claims wife told to get bed rest after ultrasound scans when in fact she had an aggressive form of terminal illness

St James's Hospital denies the claims and says Lyndsey Comer's death was not caused by the delay in her diagnosis, or that an earlier identification of her cancer would have made a difference to her treatment or survival. File picture: Wanderley Massafelli/RollingNews.ie 

A well-known businessman has claimed before the High Court that his late wife was told to get bed rest after undergoing ultrasound scans at St James's Hospital Private Clinic when in fact she had an aggressive form of terminal cancer.

Lyndsey Comer, a 36-year-old mother of two young children, died from cancer in early August 2017.