Audit of unnecessary child hip operations expected by the end of next week

An audit of unnecessary hip operations on children is expected to be delivered by the end of next week, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said.

This audit is examining the cases of thousands of children who may have undergone surgeries for hip dysplasia unnecessarily at Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) hospitals, or in Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospital.

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