‘My doctor came in and asked how I was feeling. I said he had ruined my life’
I was very annoyed I couldn’t play on the slide in the local park, like my schoolfriends could. So, I blamed my doctor
Children in Hospital Ireland
Children with scoliosis to receive spinal surgeries abroad under Department of Health plans
It is understood accommodation and flights for those travelling for surgeries will be paid for by State
Neonatal project allowed ‘to slip into abeyance . . . not by an active decision but through neglect and apathy’
Dr Ann Hickey this month told management of Children’s Health Ireland she could no longer continue as neonatology lead due to inaction on outdated systems of care
Children’s hospitals ‘extremely busy’ due to increasing number of RSV patients
Common virus causes coughs and colds and is the main cause of bronchiolitis and pneumonia in very young children
Crumlin spinal surgery review caused ‘anxiety’ but was needed for information, surgeon says
Dr David Moore said ‘pressure’ by media meant doctors could not explain purpose to patients in advance
Hospital consultants call for widening of spinal surgeries review at Temple Street
IHCA conference hears review must be ‘systemic’ and ‘cannot be allowed to report to itself’
Spinal surgeries review must be systemic if medics are not to be deterred from complex cases
Government needs to take firm control of this review and adjust its terms of reference so it does not fail before it has even begun. It cannot be allowed to report to itself
No clinical concerns about spinal surgery outcomes at Crumlin, health bosses say
A review of complex spinal surgery outcomes at Crumlin will be published ‘in full’ by Thursday morning, according to Children’s Health Ireland (CHI)
Parents of Temple Street hospital children threaten to boycott external review of spinal surgery
Some children’s records were used in earlier review without consent, say patient groups
Treatment abroad must be re-introduced for children awaiting spinal surgery, says SF health spokesman
David Cullinane says it is ‘infuriating’ for waiting families that capacity has now been reduced due to crisis
Spinal surgeries scandal has the ring of such grotesquerie as to stop a country in its tracks
The series of appalling events in Temple Street must be fully revealed to the public
Some of Temple Street consultant’s colleagues knew surgeon used spring implants in children
Devices put into child patients described by HSE as unauthorised and uncertified
Children’s spinal surgery may be outsourced abroad as waiting list doubles
Children’s Health Ireland apologises to children and their families as new figures show waiting lists approaching five-year high
Girl unable to breathe at times due to five-year wait for spinal surgery, report finds
Teenager’s spinal curvature deteriorated from 30 to over 135 degrees while waiting for operation in Temple Street hospital
Over 10,000 children with disability left waiting more than a year to see specialist
Further 5,484 children overdue an assessment of need, over three times higher than last year
Boy (15) settles case for €200,000 over alleged injuries from cast fitted too tightly
An open sore was discovered when the cast was removed from the boy, who has a rare genetic condition
Charity for volunteers providing playtime for children in hospitals loses Government funding
Children in Hospital Ireland forced to increase their fund-raising targets due to loss of Government funding of €90,000 a year
‘The consultant nearly fell through the floor — she had never heard the child’s voice’
Playing can help children learn to cope with being in hospital, giving them confidence and a better sense of what’s going on around them
Part of children’s hospital facade replaced over ‘non-compliant’ insulation
Building board says issue has been resolved and building is fire and building-regulation compliant
Play volunteers providing hospitalised children with a crucial distraction
Group of 500 volunteers helps reduce children’s anxiety and provides respite to families
The eight hidden costs of hospital care for children
Travel, parking, accommodation and other non-medical expenses put much stress on parents at a time when they are already worried about their child
Parents spend up to €150 extra per day when child needs hospital care – report
Hidden costs of having a child in hospital add financial pressures to the emotional upset
How Maeve Binchy’s Irish Times column helped children in hospital
The writer’s deploring of ‘etiquette fiends’ started a letters page row that led to the setting-up of what is now Children in Hospital in Ireland
How families of Ireland’s sickest children can fall into a financial black hole
On top of grieving for the loss of a normal future for their seriously unwell child comes the financial pressure
‘You want to care for children but you spend all day hurting them’
Working in paediatrics brings a ‘whole whirlpool of feelings’ that need to be supported within the hospital system, believes consultant psychologist Barbara Wren
Children’s hospitals urged to support overstretched staff
Psychologist Barbara Wren warns of impact of burnout on patients and parents
My Health Experience: ‘I like to focus on the positive things having diabetes has given me’
Over time, you learn to live with an illness – although it may sometimes be difficult or frustrating, life must go on
New children’s hospital risks being ‘magnet’ for less serious cases, says Eilish Hardiman
Chief executive of Children’s Hospital Group warns against children being brought for treatment that could be delivered locally
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