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Last month
March 2024
Children 'suffering' as life-changing surgery delayed at Temple Street after spinal controversy
Parents and a consultant have raised concerns about the impact of long waiting lists on children’s quality of life.
Several hundred children are currently waiting for spinal and orthoepaedic surgery at Temple Street
Many children who require time-sensitive surgery have been waiting for months
The hospital has been embroiled in controversy since it emerged that one child died and others suffered serious post-surgery complications
Órla Ryan
25 Mar
7.5k
This year
2024
Taoiseach accused of 'callous broken promises' over spinal surgery delays for children
Updated 21 Feb
11.2k
36
Last year
2023
Donnelly: 'Children waiting for spinal surgeries have been failed by their own country'
28 Dec 2023
8.0k
34
Additional €40m in capital funding approved for the new children's hospital
12 Dec 2023
9.6k
31
Judge directs CHI to provide all records of child who underwent 'botched' spinal surgery
7 Nov 2023
7.3k
Staff at new Children's Hospital may be housed at Crumlin hospital
31 Oct 2023
22.9k
New Children’s Hospital to be completed by October 2024, but uncertainty remains over open date
18 Oct 2023
11.4k
58
Taoiseach not ruling out statutory review into CHI following meeting with patient groups
29 Sep 2023
8.5k
Patient groups call for immediate publication of review into Crumlin spinal surgeries
25 Sep 2023
18.5k
Reviews into spinal surgeries in Temple Street found one child returned to operating theatre 33 times
20 Sep 2023
19.2k
Varadkar on spinal surgery issues at Temple Street: 'I can't overstate how concerned I am'
Updated 19 Sep 2023
27.7k
HSE launches review after child dies and others suffer serious complications following spinal surgery
Updated 18 Sep 2023
84.8k
15
All time
Child undergoing treatment for 'serious injuries' following alleged dog attack in Co Wexford
28 Nov 2022
53.6k
INMO decries 'sudden and unplanned' decision to remove acute services from Tallaght children's hospital
Updated 3 Sep 2020
20.3k
8
Families putting off attending hospital appointments for children during pandemic, hospital group says
28 Apr 2020
8.4k
4
'No adverse events' found after review of children affected by scoliosis implant recall
27 Feb 2020
9.1k
2
Parents of children affected by scoliosis spinal rod recall to be contacted by surgeons in next 24 hours
Updated 26 Feb 2020
25.4k
21
Children's urgent care unit opens in Blanchardstown - but on restricted hours amid doctors' concerns
31 Jul 2019
16.8k
8
Appeal for volunteers to help make hospitals happier places for sick children
16 Apr 2017
22.2k
25
This charity wants to make a child's stay in hospital more bearable
27 Sep 2014
10.2k
6
Italian mag publishes topless Kate photos despite legal risk
17 Sep 2012
23.1k
47