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A number of patients whose cancer diagnosis has been delayed or missed at Kerry University Hospital (UHK).
The move comes as an audit revealed that four out of 11 patients whose diagnoses were delayed have died. The delay in one case was 76 weeks. The patient has died of lung cancer.
In addition to the 11, another three patients' cancer went undiagnosed.
Among the deceased are:
A number of patients are terminally ill. Of the 11 delayed diagnoses, three were detected by auditors, the remainders of the patients re-presenting at UHK.
Gerard O'Callaghan's South / South West Hospital Group Chief Operations Officer conceded that "the delay in treatment has a serious impact" on the patients.
Claire O'Brien, clinical director at UHK, said there was "a strong likelihood" the oven had died prematurely.
"Everyone knows the diagnosis better," Dr. O'Brien said.
The hospital, the group, and the HSE apologized "sincerely and unreservedly" to patients and families after the diagnosis was published yesterday.
Padraig O'Connell, the solicitor representing two of the patients has called for a written apology. He said the general apology did not suffice and he wanted it in writing for his clients.
High Court proceedings have been issued in the case of one of his clients.
"The biggest radiology look-back in this country", came in the form of the radiologist .
Ultimately, more than 46,000 scans covering 26,700 patients between March 2016 and July 2017 were reviewed, of which 105 were of "significant clinical concern".
The review did not apportion blame – it said that its sole purpose was to "examine potential patient safety issues" – nor does it imply that the harm caused was "exclusively attributable" to the radiologist whose work was reviewed.
"This would be a matter for the Medical Council," it says.
However, it does say "had been raised about the level of activity of the individual and had a small number of doctors.
The review said the radiologist's review of X-rays ", but there is no doubt that there is no such thing as" no national or international guidelines indicating the volume of work performed by individual radiologists " "Doctor discretion".
The locum resigned in October 2017. Fianna Fáil TD John Brbadil, who has raised issues of under-resourcing and under-staffing at UHK, said "the root of this scandal is the way in which the South West Hospital Group leaves University Kerry Hospital isolated ".
"The group has consistently failed to provide the support needed to deliver the best possible level of care," he said.
The group was criticized by the GPs of patients whose clinical findings had been published, the night before the review was published.
Among the report's recommendations are that:
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