Health watchdog notified of 68 'significant events' of accidental or unintended exposure to ionising radiation
The majority of these events related to CT scans and involved relatively low dosses of radiation.
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The majority of these events related to CT scans and involved relatively low dosses of radiation.
The allegations are contained in documents released to TheJournal.ie under the Freedom of Information Act.
Health watchdog Hiqa is due to publish its report into Tulsa’s handling of information, ordered by Minister Zappone last year.
HIQA also flagged an issue with children being kept in adult units.
The Health Information and Quality Authority has carried out inspections on five hospitals with South Tipperary General Hospital coming in for particularly strong criticism.
The board of the health watchdog meets today to consider a request to hold a statutory investigation into the woman’s death at a Galway hospital last month.