Arthur Morgan (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 252: To ask the Minister for Health and Children her views on cancer misdiagnosis in the north east. [38177/08]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The Health Service Executive today published the Report of the Review of Chest X-Rays and CT Scans reported by a locum consultant radiologist at Louth Meath Hospitals from August 2006 to August 2007. The Review commenced in May 2008. It examined 5,835 Chest X-Rays and 67 CT Scans from 4,936 patients. 11 Skeletal scans and 23 barium studies were added to the review in September.

The Review found that nine patients in Drogheda and Navan hospitals had their diagnosis of lung cancer delayed as a result of radiological missed diagnosis. Eight of these patients are deceased. I wish to extend my sympathies to the families of these patients.

The 9 patients had been identified and diagnosed prior to March 2008. The review did not therefore find any other delayed diagnosis of lung cancers.