Children’s Health Ireland to send children with scoliosis abroad for spinal surgery

Earlier this month, Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) said that around 70 children are waiting more than four months for surgery despite a promise by the government that no child would wait longer than this from the end of 2022.  File photo: Niall Carson/PA

Dozens of children suffering with scoliosis are to be sent abroad in order to access spinal surgery, it has been announced.

The decision to send children to facilities including Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital in New York and Great Ormond Street Hospital in London, has been taken in order to address long waiting lists.