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Sat 09 Sep 2008Harney confirms Noonan claim over misdiagnosis of cancer patient
MINISTER FOR Health Mary Harney has confirmed claims made earlier this week by Fine Gael TD and former health minister Michael Noonan that another woman with cancer in the midwest was misdiagnosed.
In a detailed letter to Mr Noonan yesterday, Ms Harney confirmed that a cervical smear taken from the woman in 2006 and sent to the laboratory at University College Hospital in Galway for analysis had been incorrectly interpreted.
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