Hospital offered HSE waiting list plan

OUR LADY’S Hospital for Sick Children last night confirmed that it had contacted the HSE in January with an initiative to cut waiting times for children who need urgent spinal surgery.

Hospital offered HSE waiting list plan

The revelation is likely to anger parents already furious that their children, who suffer from scoliosis, have endured delays in undergoing procedures.

The news also comes as the HSE confirmed that 168 children and adolescents are awaiting surgery for scoliosis in Our Lady’s Hospital in Crumlin alone, and that no new patients are being accepted there.

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