Cork woman who endured chemotherapy after alleged cancer misdiagnosis settles for €1.9m

It was claimed the patient, then 17,  was subjected to severe, multiple and unnecessary tests, scans, X-rays, biopsies and treatment including chemotherapy

Woman was only 17 years of age when she received the lymphoma cancer diagnosis after she was admitted to the Bon Secours Hospital, Cork, with abdominal pain, court heard. Picture: Sasko Lazarov / RollingNews.ie

A woman who as a teenager claims she was misdiagnosed with cancer and endured highly toxic chemotherapy treatment has settled a High Court action for €1.9m.

Aoife O’Donovan was only 17 years of age when she received the lymphoma cancer diagnosis after she was admitted to the Bon Secours Hospital, Cork, with abdominal pain.