Three-women with stories similar to Vicky Phelan have died

Source: Independent.ie

State Claims Agency (SCA) revealed the revelation today

The Oireachtas Finance Committee has today heard that Three of the Ten Women involved in the cervical cancer managing scandal have died.

The SCA revealed the stat, during questioning on how it handled the Vicky Phelan case.

Forty-Three-year old Ms Phelan, was given incorrect test results in 2011 and is now terminally ill with cervical cancer as a result.

Last month, she famously settled High Court action against the US laboratory responsible for €2.5m.

The review which uncovered the false negative was undertaken by the CervicalCheck screening programme in 2014, but Ms Phelan was not informed about the prognosis until 2017.

Over 200-other women diagnosed with cancer were also not told about the clinical audit.

When asked if any of the women whose cases are similar to Ms Phelan’s are deceased, Mr Breen confirmed that three have died.

The story continues.

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