Leona Macken, a 38-year-old mother from Dublin, recently settled her case against the HSE following serious failures in the reading of her CervicalCheck smear tests, which occurred in 2016 and 2020. Despite being diagnosed with stage four cervical cancer, Macken has chosen to focus on her life rather than harbor resentment, even after receiving an apology from the HSE. Her experience underscores significant concerns about cervical cancer screening processes and the implications of diagnostic errors on patient health and wellbeing.
Leona Macken, a mother of two, chose to settle her case against HSE after her cervical smear tests, which failed to identify cancer, leaving her with stage four cervical cancer.
Despite receiving a formal apology from the HSE for the failure to detect abnormalities in her CervicalCheck tests, Macken expressed her resolve not to let anger consume her.
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