A woman now terminally ill with cervical cancer, who claims she had a 95 per cent chance of being successfully treated if a smear test taken almost nine years ago was read and reported correctly, has told the High Court she feels “lost in the system” and “of no significance”.
Asked about denials by the HSE and laboratories of liability for her situation, she said “people had responsibilities” and owe a duty of care and “someone didn’t do their job right”. She felt there is “no accountability” and wondered “where is the truth, does anyone care?”. The court has been told an expert to be called on the woman’s behalf will say the smear was inadequate and did not have enough cells on it to be assessed.
After another smear test in September 2015 detected abnormalities, the woman was diagnosed with cancer and later had a radical hysterectomy and other surgery. In continuing evidence on Friday, the woman said, when she returned to the doctor in September 2018, she was told the cancer was back in her pelvis, there was also a spot on her lung and it was “incurable”.
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