THE Muslim community in Ireland is currently putting a proposal before the HSE aimed at tackling the problem of long waiting lists for cultural circumcision for their male children.

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.