Hospital's Apology For Failing To Treat Woman's Cancer

Settlement ‘bittersweet’ for 35-yr-old mum Eileen

- Aodhan O Faolain

A Hospital has offered “heartfelt apologies” to a 35-year-old woman with terminal cervical cancer for the failings in her care after she was referred for treatment.

As part of the settlement of her High Court damages claim against the HSE a letter of apology to Eileen Rushe was read out yesterday.

She had claimed there was an alleged failure to properly carefully and adequately assess or investigate her condition and an alleged failure to give or procure any adequate or sufficient or timely treatment to her following her referral for colposcopy in May 2017.

Mr Justice Kevin Cross was told that negligence was admitted in the case.

The details of the settlement are confidential.

The court heard Ms Rushe’s smear test in 2017 was read correctly as abnormal but the hospital failed to properly treat her with a certain procedure which would have been curative.