Judge sets ‘absolute confidence’ as screening threshold

A smear taken in 2012 was sent to the Dublin laboratory of MedLab Pathology Ltd, which is owned by an Australian multinational. Again, she was given the all-clear.

The review by MedLab also decided that its sample was “scanty”, meaning there was a “scanty” number of cells on which to base the judgment call. Mr Justice Cross ruled that the screener in 2009 should have spotted “clear peculiarities” that appeared in the Quest sample. He believed the US screeners were using their professional skill and judgment and “recording what they believed as a matter of probability was the case”. He found that this decision constituted negligence.

MedLab has disputed the judge’s finding in relation to the adequacy of the sample and has said it intends to appeal.

Judge has no idea what screening is. No screening program in the world is without a significant number of false negatives. Screening programs in Ireland will no longer be able to operate. Thousands of lives will be lost.

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