HSE finally agrees to pay for treatment

A 12-YEAR-OLD girl is set to get a life-changing operation to correct curvature of her spine, after the HSE finally agreed to pay for the treatment.

Little Ann-Marie Kelleher, from Killavullen, Co Cork, is to have the operation next month at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital at Stanmore, Middlesex.

Her mother, Bernie, confirmed yesterday the HSE had eventually agreed to foot the bill.