Dundalk hospital s apology to Louth mum with terminal cancer means the world
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A mum who has terminal cervical cancer after Louth County Hospital in Dundalk failed to properly investigate and treat her condition said the apology from them “meant the world to her and her family”.
Eileen Rushe, from Termonfeckin, Co Louth settled her case against the Health Service Executive in the High Court on Wednesday, March 3.
The 35-year-old, who is mum to Seamus, 14, said her smear test in 2017 was read correctly as abnormal but the Dundalk hospital failed to properly treat her with a certain procedure which would have given her a 90% chance of being cured.
In the letter to court, the general manager of Louth County Hospital, Dundalk, on behalf of the Colposcopy Unit and hospital management offered “my most sincere apology to you for the failings which occurred while you were under our care”.
The manager went on: “I understand that this has had the most serious consequences for you and for that I wish to offer you and your family my heartfelt apologies.”
Speaking on RTÉ Radio 1’s
Sunday with Miriam, Ms Rushe said: “When this all started with my solicitor he set my expectations very low that maybe we wouldn t get an apology.
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