1 week ago Taoiseach ‘very worried’ about email from clinical director at National Orthopaedic Hospital

Micheál Martin said there needs to be an ‘exhaustive’ review of unnecessary hip surgeries at two Dublin hospitals.

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2 w. ago ‘A national scandal’: Answers demanded after audit highlights over 100 unnecessary hip surgeries on children

The operations took place at Temple Street and the National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh

Politics

2 w. ago Audit finds almost 70 per cent of hip operations in two children’s hospitals ‘unnecessary’

Report examined 147 surgeries performed at three hospitals between 2021 and 2023

Politics

2 w. ago Hip surgery audit: Almost 70% of operations in two children’s hospitals ‘unnecessary’

Report examined 147 surgeries performed at three hospitals between 2021 and 2023

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2 w. ago Doctors who carried out potentially unnecessary hip surgeries still operating on children

An independent reviewer said that many surgeries carried out in the two hospitals did not meet his criteria for operating.

Science

2 w. ago Many surgeries on children's hips in two hospitals did not meet criteria for operating

The doctors who carried out the surgeries are still operating on children, with no disciplinary process being pursued at this time.

Politics

3 w. ago WHO’s treatment of Dr Mike Ryan proves to be a shocking case study

Dáil furore over unnecessary hip surgeries and Social Democrats on manoeuvres among other stories of the week

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