CHI says 'no record' of CEO receiving letter about non-approved medical devices

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald said the letter she was referring to raised 'fundamental questions of fact that need to be answered urgently and directly by Children’s Health Ireland'. Picture: PA

Children's Health Ireland (CHI) has said it has no record of receiving a letter that is purported to have been sent to its CEO about the use of non-medical grade devices in spinal surgery.

It comes after the Dáil was told that a letter "seems to confirm" that the head of Children's Health Ireland was asked for advice on the controversial child spinal surgeries in 2020.