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Thu 09 Sep 2010Out-of-date scanners being used despite warning to HSE
A NUMBER of out-of-date ultrasound scanners are still being used at hospitals in the northeast despite a warning to the HSE this year that they required urgent replacement.
The warning was issued by consultant obstetrician Dr Seosamh Ó Coigligh following a review of the scanning equipment in the aftermath of a miscarriage misdiagnosis at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda.
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