John*, a father-of-five from Kildare, was called into Tallaght hospital last week to discuss the results of his wife’s smear test from 2009. He was told the test, which was reported as clear at the time, did in fact have abnormalities. Six months later she had a post-pregnancy smear test which was reported as clear. Now on mother’s day in school when all the kids are making mother’s day cards he makes one for me.”John says the news that his wife’s 2009 cervical smear test results were incorrect “has reopened all sorts of old wounds”. “I feel like the HSE took a gamble with my wife’s life.

Source: The Irish Times May 10, 2018 17:48 UTC