Medics warn of dry needling dangers after patient's lung collapses

Irish doctors have warned of “the danger and potentially significant consequences of dry needling”.

Irish doctors have warned of “the danger and potentially significant consequences of dry needling”.

This follows a 24-year-old newly graduated and off-duty junior doctor who presented at the A&E at the Midlands Regional Hospital in Mullingar with collapsed lungs after a dry needling session with her physiotherapist.