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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Ciara Phelan

Cervical cancer survivor Lorraine Walsh's fury as samples sent abroad for screening

A cervical cancer survivor has hit out at the Government and HSE after it emerged that all cervical cancer samples are being sent abroad for screening.

The Coombe hospital is the only Irish hospital that processes CervicalCheck samples but it has been paused since December due to a cyber-attack, the HSE has said.

But a HSE spokeswoman has also admitted that “there is a severe unavailability” of trained staff.

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