Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 31 May 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Issues relating to Medical Scanning Services

1:30 pm

Photo of Kate O'ConnellKate O'Connell (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Let us say a left ventricle was missing, or something like that which would not be diagnosed at the 12-week scan, and take it to its natural conclusion. In Cork or somewhere where 20-week anomaly scans are not fully rolled out, one could go into a glorified photographer at 25-week gestation and maybe even know oneself from looking at the image that something is wrong. The naked eye can tell if there is gastroschisis. One could walk out of a glorified unregulated photographer with a very serious diagnosis for one's child 13 weeks after one had one's 12-week scan. One is literally walking down the pavement going "God, I do not think that is right". Is that possible the way things are at the minute?

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