Some 62 child spinal care patients are to be recalled due to queries about their results, out of 91 assessed in phase one of an external review. The review, led by UK expert Salvaduri Nayagam, centres on the work of one surgeon at CHI and the national orthopaedic hospital, Cappagh(NOHC). Concerns initially included the death of Dollceanna Carter, aged 10, in September 2022 and use of non-medical springs in three surgeries. This will cover spinal, limb reconstruction and a procedure called surgical dislocation of the hip. While the HSE had phase 1 findings since September, he spoke of “protracted legal discussions to get to this point”.

Source: Irish Examiner February 11, 2026 18:57 UTC