A consultant surgeon who incorrectly described a proposed mouth operation on a toddler’s hospital records yesterday told a medical inquiry he was probably quite tired and put it down to human error.

A toddler ended up having two mouth operations on the same day when the wrong procedure was carried out first at Our Lady’s Children Hospital, Crumlin a medical inquiry has heard.

The parents of a two-year-old boy who died from the effects of massive blood loss after an artery was punctured in a routine surgical procedure want the doctor they believe failed their son investigated by the Medical Council.

A PATIENTS’ rights group has said it is concerned over the timing and motivation of last week’s decision to halt proceedings of a medical inquiry into two surgeons responsible for the removal of a wrong kidney from a young boy.

A MEDICAL inquiry into two surgeons responsible for the removal of the wrong kidney from a young boy at Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin was dramatically halted yesterday after the committee invoked a new piece of legislation to terminate proceedings.

A JUNIOR surgeon at Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin fought back tears yesterday as he described how he had removed the wrong kidney from a six-year-old boy.

ONE of the country’s top paediatric consultants has admitted he was responsible for a “human error” which led to the wrong kidney being removed from a young boy at Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin in 2008.

AN independent medical expert said a “red flag” should have been raised among medical staff at Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin when a boy’s parents had expressed concern that his wrong kidney had been selected for removal.

A young haemophiliac lost one and a half times his blood count following surgery on his second birthday, it emerged tonight.

A two-year-old boy, who was a severe haemophiliac, died as a result of heavy blood loss when an artery was punctured in a hospital operation, an inquest heard tonight.

A top medical team from a Dublin hospital travel to Vietnam this month to treat sick children under the care of the Christine Noble Foundation, it emerged today.