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ST COLUMCILLE’S HOSPITAL in Loughlinstown in Dublin is to review the colonoscopy results of 65 patients.
The review is being carried out after the hospital examined a number of colonoscopies performed by a doctor at the facility between November 2017 and April 2018.
That came on foot of concerns about the colonoscopy results from another staff member, who informed hospital management using an internal reporting system.
According to a spokeswoman for the Ireland East Hospital Group, the patients involved have been identified and contacted by the hospital, as have their referring doctors.
It was also confirmed that the patients underwent diagnostic colonoscopies, whereby they were checked because they had gastrointestinal symptoms such as abdominal pain or bleeding.
The affected patients are now expected to undergo a repeat of the procedure, which involves an endoscopic examination of the bowel to look for abnormalities.
Speaking about the review, Clinical Lead for Endoscopy at the Ireland East Hospital Group, Dr Garret Cullen stressed that the measure was precautionary only, and that the risk to affected patients was low.
He said: “We acknowledge that patients may be anxious about being called for an appointment but I want to reassure them that this is purely a precautionary measure.
“Appointments are currently being scheduled and we expect this process to be complete within four weeks.”
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Great, this is all we need now. Will there be any end to all this incompetence.
@Ray Farrell: Not while we don’t have laws to prosecute people guilty of gross incompetence…
@Ray Farrell:
It’s the best incompetence Fine Gael can buy with your tax dollars. They’ll continue to subsidize this dysfunctional clusterflook we call a health system because it’s easier than fixing it. These wafflers and underachievers have somehow managed to brainwash the nation that this level of service is to be both expected and tolerated.
This is a review, tha last review where there was a major scare was Kerry General Hospital Xray department, Turned out that the review found no issues, Appart from a very overworked department.
@paul kelly: eh really ? It showed up 10 missed or delayed diagnosis.
@Siobhán Ni Mhurchú: Which was better than comparable international figures
Does the words accountability or responsibility exist within the HSE or the government?
Place is a joke . My dad went in a couple of years ago sent by his doc as he thought my dad had skin cancer !!
The doctor there sort of laughed at my dad and said put Vaseline on it ???
When my dad went back to his doctor he was furious and resent my dad in who got a different doctor and sure enough skin cancer and was removed within a week !!!
So this does not surprise me one bit ..
Very sorry for those affected x
Shock horror
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