High Court reporterThe family of a young girl who underwent spinal surgery at Temple Street Children’s Hospital has launched High Court proceedings looking for all of their child’s medical records. This is the second family to go to court over medical records at the hospital. The girl is one of 19 children who were the subject of a report on patients with spina bifida who underwent spinal surgery at the Temple Street hospital. Counsel told the court that last year the girl underwent spinal surgery. Following media reports about spinal surgeries at Temple Street, the family claim they were informed that the surgery their child underwent was allegedly “inappropriate”.

Source: The Herald October 20, 2023 21:27 UTC