Michael Healy-Rae (Kerry, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I am grateful to the other party leaders for raising the delayed diagnosis scandal in Kerry. I am sorry for the four families, but they do not want our sympathies. What they want is action. Yesterday I raised the issue of a lady who had a smear test in June. In November she was told it could not be read. Delays of this type have led to disastrous circumstances where people have lost their lives through misdiagnosis and delayed diagnosis. Surely the Government will have to bring the HSE to book on this matter. It cannot be allowed to continue.

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