Abbey to undergo vital medical tests

A little girl with a complex bowel condition is to under- go vital medical tests at Great Ormond Street this weekend.

On Thursday, there had been concern that Abbey Murphy, 7, from Ballyvolane in Cork, would not be able to travel for the tests after it emerged that the hospital cannot accept funding from the HSE’s treatment abroad scheme for private patients.

The little girl suffers from a distressing condition which causes her to vomit faeces.