Hospital sued for nervous shock over ‘incorrect’ genetic report

Couple settle case and secure apology over failure to inform them of chromosomal risk

Pay for new cancer drugs with €3 hike on price of cigarettes, says John Crown

Oncologist says immunotherapy treatments are too dear and costs need to be reined in

Crumlin referrals for embryo screening halted on legal advice

Referrals abroad for controversial IVF treatment thought to be in violation of Constitution

Under control of Crumlin hospital, genetics unit faces issues of ethos

Centre will become department in Our Lady’s, Crumlin, which has Catholic ethos and whose chairman is Archbishop of Dublin

Warning that national genetics centre proposal could lead to ‘huge clinical risk’

Staff at centre resisting downgrade of unit as part of HSE reorganisation of genetic services

‘Diagnosis was like a lightbulb going on’

Up to 180 symptoms are associated with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, including congenital heart defects. Yet some people with this rare and complex condition are not diagnosed until adulthood

Nearly 70 patients not told of cardiac disease test results

Crumlin hospital employee suspended

What happens when you run the risk of passing on your heart condition to your child?