CHI chair resigns as review finds use of springs in child spinal surgeries was ‘wrong’

Using metal springs during spinal surgery on children in CHI at Temple Street Hospital was 'wrong', a new report by Hiqa has found.

The chairman of the board of Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) has resigned in the wake of a scathing Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) report on the use of non-medical devices at one of the hospitals.

Dr Jim Browne apologised to the “children, young people and families that have been failed by the care they received, following the release of the Hiqa report” on Tuesday.