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Mon 03 Mar 2010Delayed diagnoses could lead to hospitals being sued
PEOPLE WHO have reduced life expectancy as a result of delayed diagnosis could sue the hospital and doctors involved, according to an expert in medical negligence law, in a clear reference to the Tallaght hospital controversy.
In an article in today’s Irish Times, barrister John Healy, who has just published a book on medical malpractice, writes that a recent Supreme Court judgment changed the law on compensation for delayed diagnosis.
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