Terminally-ill Emma Mhic Mhathúna settles case against HSE and US laboratory for €7.5mhttps://www.independent.ie/irish-news/health/terminallyill-emma-mhic-mhathna-settles-case-against-hse-and-us-laboratory-for-75m-37063844.htmlQUOTE:
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The action centred on a cervical smear the Kerry woman had in 2013 and which it was claimed came back incorrectly as normal, but a review in 2017 showed the smear sample as having pre cancerous cells. Ms Mhic Mhathúna, who was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2016 and was given a terminal prognosis just two months ago, claims she did not find out until the end of April this year the 2013 smear was reported incorrectly.
The mother-of-five claimed that by virtue of the delay in diagnosis , she had lost the opportunity of cure and her life expectancy had been drastically impaired. She had also required, she contended more extensive treatment than would have been otherwise required had her smear samples been correctly interpreted and reported on.
Following her diagnosis of cancer in September 2017, Ms Mhic Mhathúna underwent chemotherapy and radio therapy but has since been advised her cervical cancer has spread to her lungs and spine and her prognosis is extremely poor and terminal.
The funding will go towards a range of care including home support for her children in the event of her health deteriorating.
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Who will pay the money? The criminals who withheld the true diagnosis so long? No. So the court decision is far from being good. It is a beginning. But not more than that.
