Parents go abroad for answers Government won't give them about children’s hip surgery, Dáil hears

Sinn Féin TD Pearse Doherty: 'Children as young as one have had their hips opened up, cutting into their bones. They have had to learn to walk again.' Picture: Sm Boal/Collins

Parents are travelling to London and America in search of the answers they are not getting from the Government about their child’s hip surgery, the Dáil has heard.

Pearse Doherty said frustrated and anxious parents are “no longer waiting for the Government” and are seeking second opinions to find out whether their child’s surgery was carried out unnecessarily.