'Two years is what’s being given but I don’t accept that because I’m a very positive person'

Image: LEAH FARRELL Image: LEAH FARRELL RUTH MORRISSEY WHO won a High Court case this week over the misreading of her smear test results said she is relieved the labs involved were held accountable.

“It was tough to go through but I think it was something that needed to be done eventually anyway, with what was coming behind me,” she added. “Last year, I was told about the audit. When we were given the results, we were told that the 2009 smear would have made a significant difference in my health and that was shocking.

“Two years is what’s being given but I don’t accept that because I’m a very positive person, so I’ll strive to try to find something out there that will help. “So it’s kind of eating away at the muscle and the bone which is giving the side effects on my mobility to walk.” Morrissey, however, said she doesn’t know if that drug would work in her own case as she is still undergoing treatment for breast cancer.

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