The family of a young boy who was removed from the urgent waiting list for scoliosis surgery without their knowledge are 'devastated'.
The father of a young boy who was removed from the waiting list for scoliosis surgery without his family’s knowledge has labelled the delays in Ireland’s orthopaedic treatment system “one of the worst health scandals of this century”.He has spent the last two years on the urgent list for scoliosis surgery because his spine now has a 110-degree curve and “his rib cage is crushing his right lung”.
“There was a group of parents that received letters to state how the new lists were going to be operating and how they were going to be calculated from now on,” he said. “So we queried with the spinal management team why Harvey was removed from the list and why we didn't receive a letter and they told us that Harvey wasn’t an active scoliosis waiting list.Stephen said they decided to go public with the news because they now know that other children have also been removed from the waiting list without their knowledge.
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