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Wed 07 Jul 2008Review of third consultant's work at Galway hospital under way
A REVIEW of the work of a third consultant pathologist who worked in the laboratory of University College Hospital Galway (UCHG) is now being carried out, it was confirmed yesterday. The revelation was made by the Health Service Executive (HSE) after a report into the work of two other pathologists who were employed at the hospital was published by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA).
Its investigation found a significant number of diagnostic errors were made by one of the two pathologist it reviewed, which resulted in a delayed diagnosis or delayed treatment for 12 patients. One of them had a 17-month delay in having bladder cancer diagnosed.
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