The Minister for Health, Mary Harney, has ordered a full evaluation of the case of the Tipperary woman who had breast cancer but was given the all clear.
Ms Harney has asked the CEO of the HSE, Prof Brendan Drumm, to instigate an evaluation, independent of the two hospitals involved.
Earlier today, a report from the HSE revealed that Rebecca O'Malley's misdiagnosis was as a result of 'an interpretative human error'.
Today's report says the misdiagnosis occurred on 21 March, 2005 at Cork University Hospital.
Due to an excess workload at the Mid-Western Regional Hospital in Limerick Rebecca O'Malley's biopsy was sent to Cork University Hospital.
The report says a surgeon at the Mid-Western Hospital recommended an internal and external review of the case in November 2006.
That review was conducted by the Mater Hospital and CUH and this led to the mistake being identified.
The report concludes that the delay in the diagnosis in all likelihood resulted in the 41-year-old woman developing invasive breast cancer, 14 months after the error in her test results.
Ms O'Malley says there are still many questions left unanswered and she is renewing her call for an independent inquiry.
According to the report, samples from 28 other patients are to be reviewed by the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, as a precautionary measure.
The HSE says it regrets the enormous distress caused to Rebecca O Malley.
Specialist centres recommended
An expert group established by the Government has recommended that a series of specialist breast cancer centres be set up.
The group recommended at least one centre for every 350,000 of the population. Centres would have the staff and facilities to provide clinical assessments, mammograms and biopsy tests.
Having this triple assessment on one site would reduce the risk of misdiagnosis, the group said.
Multi-disciplinary teams would hold weekly meetings and deal with up to 150 newly diagnosed patients every year.
The recommendation comes after yesterday's decision by Ms Harney to order a full report into the treatment of Ms O'Malley.
