{"id":1645,"date":"2018-05-15T07:37:43","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T12:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=1645"},"modified":"2018-05-15T07:37:43","modified_gmt":"2018-05-15T12:37:43","slug":"cervivalcheck-death-count-rises-to-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=1645","title":{"rendered":"CervivalCheck Death Count Rises to 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CervicalcancersmeartestHPVScreeningGeneric_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"325\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CervicalcancersmeartestHPVScreeningGeneric_large.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/CervicalcancersmeartestHPVScreeningGeneric_large-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>The number of women who have died in the CervicalCheck controversy has risen to 18.<\/p>\n<p>The additional case was identified by the HSE\u2019s Serious Incident Management Team yesterday after 17 women died from cervical cancer following false negative results to their smear tests.<\/p>\n<p>209 cases have been audited, while 203 women and families have been contacted so far.<\/p>\n<p>A memo released last week showed that HSE management were informed in July 2016 that CervicalCheck was preparing a media response to potential adverse headlines to the effect that &#8220;screening did not diagnose my cancer&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The memo also said that letters to inform women would be &#8220;paused&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Health said that documents relating to the CervicalCheck audit &#8220;were not brought to the attention of any Minister for Health&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Following the revelations, Tony O&#8217;Brien resigned as Director General of the HSE.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Cabinet is due to meet today to discuss re-establishing a board to oversee the HSE.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-1645\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=1645&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-1645\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=1645&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-1645\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=1645&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=1645\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number of women who have died in the CervicalCheck controversy has risen to 18. 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