Terminally ill mother who had to receive cancer treatment in Latvia settles case against HSE

Evija Rudzone outside the Four Courts after she was awarded a substantial sum as a settlement in her case. Pictures: Collins Courts

A terminally ill mother-of-two had to return to her home country of Latvia to receive treatment for cervical cancer, after doctors here misdiagnosed her, the High Court has heard.

Evija RudZone, aged 46, from Co Cavan, sued the HSE and Quest laboratories in January, after doctors here failed to detect cancer in her womb over a three-year period.