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SOME GREAT SONGS have made it to the top of the Irish singles charts.
And so have some less good songs. By the same token, some greats have missed out.
Can you tell which is which?
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I can’t understand why this poor lady was only awarded €60000 for the loss of her husband! Yet it seems that every second day I hear of compensation awards of €15000-20000 for kids catching fingers in doors, or slipping on wedges in supermarkets etc. I just can’t understand the “logic ” of these amounts. I just hope that in this case this lady can find some comfort that at least her case has been settled and hopefully some happiness in the future.
In general, payouts are compensation for losses suffered by the living. That is why for example, cerebral palsy cases get millions. The compensation in this amount would be normal as it is not particularly for financial loss but in some way as a token to recognize error and try make some recompense for the loss. RIP and hopefully his death wasn’t in vain.
The loss was her husbands fault…. HE WAS A SMOKER
Well, sadly, lung cancer is difficult to treat. No matter how early you catch it, the chances of dying are still very high (for most types of lung cancer). By the time lung cancer causes problems with salt levels, diagnosing it is probably too late.
She deserves compensation for what happened,unfortunately her husband can’t be compensated.
“No further follow up investigation was made or carried out” Imagine knowing that that’s the way your loved one is treated by health care professionals. These consultants who won’t even work wkends. I’d want more than 60k lemme tell ya and I’d want to see someone face the consequences
Have you been directed here by the NHS misinformation campaign? Yes, there are no outpatient clinics on the weekend, but when a consultant is needed (for a kidney transplant, for an emergency stent in a heart attack) – they are there.
Far from adequate. A mans life needlessly lost due to errors and omissions.
Why was she given €60,000. They would’ve got more money if she got to keep her husband but instead he lost a foot. I know you could never fully compensate someone for the loss of a husband but this doesn’t even scratch the surface!
It may have something to do with the age profile and earning potential. ‘To play devils advocate’ his age os not mentioned in the artical. E60000 does seem like pittence concidering the other costs and emotional hurt.
Poor man
90% of lung cancer is caused by smiling. …..no sorry, smoking. …..
Gavin Huban. I am dying from lung cancer and believe me it’s nothing to Smile about.
Easy to see cancer hasn’t touched you yet Gavin,stupid comment.i buried my father last august from lung cancer,the previous year his gp had him on bloody ventolin inhalers to ‘help his breathing’ and was too late by the time the lung cancer was discovered.in 2009 he had bowel cancer so why not check him for other cancers rather than just give inhalers?
I have a auntie going through this right now with the mater hospital. They done a pet scan found a small lump on her lung. Told her to wait 7 months and go back and get the pet scan redone to see if the lump has got bigger or smaller. If it turns out to be cancer they have wasted 7 months that she could have been treated. She is trying to fight the doctor on it and even just to get a biopsy to see if it is cancer but no he won’t do it. She has never smoked in her life, cancer has taken her parents, a brother and 2 sister’s. The health system in Ireland is ridiculous.
How is that ridiculous? Sounds like a decision was made to monitor the “lump” and see what happens, probably because it doesn’t look like cancer. If she needed a biopsy she’d get one. Easier to be outraged than think logically, is it?
Tragic case. Why does it state that Raynauds is a blood flow problem (it’s capillary spasm), additionally it says it is caused by stress which is not true
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