Olivia's MRI brought forward after mother’s letter published

An MRI scheduled for 2019 for a little girl with a profoundly curved spine has been brought forward to next month after her mother wrote a heartfelt letter in the Irish Examiner, pleading for Health Minister Simon Harris to intervene.

Monica White, from Mallow, Co Cork, was contacted by Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin after the article appeared and offered a new date of June 22 for an MRI for her nine-year-old daughter Olivia.