The minister has been informed of the issue and the Department of Health acknowledged the “distress” that the parents have experienced as a result of the events.
In a statement, Holles Street said it does not comment on individual cases. It confirmed that it has asked the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists to review a recent case at the hospital.
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The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in Britain has told RTÉ News that it has not yet received a formal approach to undertake the review into the circumstances of a termination of pregnancy at the National Maternity Hospital in Holles Street.
The RCOG said in a statement: “Should an approach be forthcoming, this will be considered in the usual way.”
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No formal approach to expert UK group over termination case (RTÉ)
Its remarkable that the first instinct of these institutions is always to lie, and it never ends well.
Jesus. How would you get over this? It’s the stuff of nightmares for anyone with a wanted pregnancy.
If only it was one of those unwanted pregnancies….
Shhh, you’ll upset the regulars.
I’m just referring to the facts of this particular case.
On the plus side, the abortion system is working perfectly. Unwanted babies are being aborted. This was a flaw/weakness of the diagnostic procedure.
True.
The only difference is that now the unwanted babies are being aborted in Ireland rather than going abroad. Same outcome, a lot less stress.
Sad case. One of hundreds of perfectly healthy babies aborted each month.
Give it a rest will you.
How could you possibly order a test, then not wait for the results to arrive before making a decision? That poor couple. Is there no end to the incompetence.
Apparently it’s standard to go on the basis of the one test cause the chances of false positives are so low. It certainly gives you pause to think about the consequences of proceeding even though the risk are so low.
Why order the other test at all so?
The first test (PCR) currently checks for a limited number of conditions. Those conditions account for the vast majority of severe genetic abnormalities commonly considered useful to detect in the womb. The second test (karyotype) takes longer but can detect abnormalities that the first cannot. That is reason for doing both tests, even if you trust the first one. However, obviously there is a issue with the accuracy of the first test in rare cases, but it’s difficult to comment on what exactly went wrong here without knowing more details.
Thanks Adam, but my question really is: why order the second test if you’re going to proceed with the abortion before you have the results of that test? That’s apparently what happened here.
Why didn’t the hospital wait for the results of the second test before making any decision?
I would assume that the woman had a choice.
She can request the second test.
She can decide based on the original test to go ahead with the abortion without waiting for the results.
According to the Irish Times the test has a false positive rate of 0.15%.
This mean that for every 660 tests that come back positive 659 are really positive and one is a false positive. That is pretty reliable.
If your assumption is correct Cian and the couple were fully informed before making a decision, I find it surprising that they complained about the hospital afterwards.