Mother of Kerry woman 'eternally grateful' for spinal surgery in Padre Pio hospital

Camesha Leen, 17, was diagnosed with idiopathic scoliosis when she was 12

Camesha Leen with Sr. Vittoria of the Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus at the hospital Casa Sollievo Della Sofferenza.

The mother of a young Kerry woman who had spinal surgery in Italy last month said she is “eternally grateful” to St Padre Pio who founded the hospital and the surgeons.

Violet Leen said her daughter Camesha, now 17, was diagnosed with idiopathic scoliosis when she was 12.