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Posted AT 12:50 PM EDT on 27/03/08

Health board execs divided on whether to detail botched test numbers

The Canadian Press

ST. JOHN'S — Executives on Newfoundland's largest health board were divided on whether to tell the public the number of patients who had their breast cancer tests botched, it was revealed at a public inquiry Thursday. In December 2006, the Eastern Health authority said there were 117 patients whose tests were inaccurate and required a change in treatment.

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