Irish Examiner View: Our children deserve better care

Adam Terry, who is recovering well from his surgery, told his mother: 'This is the start of the rest of my life.' 

“Completely inadequate.”

These were the words used by consultant orthopedic surgeon Connor Green to describe the care for children with scoliosis in this country. Mr Green was speaking to the Oireachtas health committee yesterday and his testimony was, quite frankly, haunting. He told the committee that, while the care of children with scoliosis was inadequate, "the care of children with other orthopedic conditions is just as bad”.