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Woman with terminal cancer settles smear test case for €2.5 million

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Woman with terminal cancer settles smear test case with US lab for €2.5 million

File photo Image: Shutterstock/kurhan File photo Image: Shutterstock/kurhan A WOMAN WHO has terminal cervical cancer has settled her High Court action over the alleged misreading of a smear test for €2.5 million.

The settlement has been made with Clinical Pathology laboratories – the lab in Austin, Texas, responsible for reading the slide taken from the smear test. “This scandal shocked the nation as it shocked me. We were all let down. People looked for answers but got none. Resignations followed but they didn’t fix the problems – they probably just upset people more.

 

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