Published Date:
10 March 2009
A NATIONAL medical body has responded to criticism from grieving local families over its decision not to recommend universal screening for fatal cardiovascular conditions.
Dr Anne Mackie, Director of Programmes at the UK National Screening Committee, said that such a screening programme was 'not realistic'.
"The clinicians who make up the UK National Screening Committee use established international criteria to make these decisions", she said.
"Although sudden cardiac death meets some of these, most of the evidence suggests that there is currently no test accurate enough to ensure that those at risk are appropriately identified and treated, and those not at risk are spared undue anxiety and anguish."
The findings, which have been passed on to local GPs, have provoked an outcry from Dungannon families whose children have died due to undiagnosed cardiovascular conditions.
The mother of Cormac McAnallen (pictured) has warned that more young people will die because of the government move.
Read the full story in this week's edition of the TYRONE TIMES, the UK's fastest growing weekly newspaper.
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Last Updated:
31 March 2009 10:36 AM
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Source:
Tyrone Times
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Location:
Dungannon
