Jamie prepares for live-saving op in London

JAMIE Murphy, the little girl at the centre of the controversy over waiting lists at the country’s largest hospital for sick children, was in good form yesterday as she prepared for life-saving surgery in London.

Surgeons at Great Ormond Street Hospital hope to operate on the 11-year-old today to correct the child’s curved spine which is crushing vital organs, a highly-complicated surgical procedure.

Jamie’s surgery bill, which could cost up to €150,000, will be paid by an anonymous benefactor, described as an ordinary individual who was moved by media reports of her plight.