Hospital chief expected to say spinal surgery care reviews confirmed their worst fears

CHI last week published two reviews of spinal surgery care for children with spina bifida in CHI at Temple St, but a further series of reviews and planned reviews have since also been announced. Photo: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews.ie

The CEO of Children’s Health Ireland is expected to say reviews of care at Temple Street Hospital showed what they had feared on setting up the investigations when she addresses the Oireachtas Health Committee on Thursday afternoon.

Eilish Hardiman and three other senior staff will discuss the serious safety concerns revealed by these reviews and other ongoing plans to have a HSE-commissioned external review examine spinal surgery in CHI at Temple St.