'Who am I to question the doctor?': Mother fears son's hip surgery may have been unnecessary

Áine Gladney Knox and her son Archie, who had hip dysplasia surgery aged just three in 2022 at Crumlin.

"You do what the doctors say," said the mother of one child who had hip surgery with Children’s Health Ireland (CHI), but now she, like thousands more, is wondering was that the right option.

More than 2,200 families including 1,800 from just two hospitals are being contacted by CHI in the wake of critical findings on Friday in an audit of surgery for children with Developmental Hip Dysplasia (DDH).