Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

I urge Members of the House to listen to this. The Minister's words were that the HSE was "in the process of initiating the review of cases over the past five years to determine the number of patients who were recommended drug or surgical treatment when the diagnosis of miscarriage was made in error, and where subsequent information demonstrated that the pregnancy was viable". Will these women be contacted directly, and how soon? This issue has been known to the Minister, her Department and the HSE at least since August 2009. It is a classic case of patients not being listened to. We must have full disclosure of the truth and we must endeavour to ensure that such tragic misdiagnoses will never again occur in any of our maternity units.

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