Families of Temple Street spinal surgery patients 'going through hell' — solicitor

Families of Temple Street spinal surgery patients 'going through hell' — solicitor

The HSE has commissioned an external review into orthopaedic surgery carried out at the CHI at Temple Street hospital following 'a number of serious spinal surgical incidents'.

The oversight system at Temple Street hospital collapsed when it came to the cases of spinal surgery patients, a solicitor representing some of the families has said.

Ciaran Tansey said that families wanted to know what remedial steps would be taken. The families were going through hell and the figures revealed so far were “shocking, alarming and very troubling,” he said.

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