In an update yesterday to city and county councillors on the medical records found buried in a former landfill outside Cork, the Health Service Executive (HSE) claimed there were “only 15 fully legible sets of notesâ€.
Addressing the regional health forum south, Gerry O’Dwyer, network manager of the Southern Hospitals’ Group, said the majority of documents found were “A&E cards and partial recordsâ€, many in extremely poor condition, earth-soiled and very decomposed: “Therefore much of the information is illegible, including names and contact addresses for patients.â€
Full story – Irish Examiner
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