Children appeal for arthritis specialists

A teenager suffering from arthritis says it is unacceptable that children like him are left waiting in pain for years to see a specialist.

Danny De Vaal, 16, was one of a number of children with juvenile arthritis brought together yesterday by Arthritis Ireland to highlight their plight.

All of the children said they were fed up waiting in pain and wanted a dedicated national paediatric rheumatology unit to be established as a matter of urgency.