Patients only contacted nearly a year after being given wrong cancer readings by Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, review finds

Patients only contacted nearly a year after being given wrong cancer readings by Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, review finds

Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, Co Louth

Questions have been raised about the level of oversight of a locum histopathologist in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda after a number of patients received the wrong grading for precancerous cells.

The locum worked at the hospital for 10 months, from February to November 2024, while a permanent consultant was sought. But patients who were affected by the incorrect readings of biopsy and surgical sample results are just being contacted now.