Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill said letters have been sent out to families of patients who had hip dysplasia procedures since 2010
Families are now receiving letters about operations on their children from 15 years ago
Families are now receiving letters about operations on their children from 15 years ago, increasing the likelihood that a scandal over unnecessary surgery is about to deepen sharply.
The Government will be asked today by Sinn Féin to “come clean” on hip dysplasia operations carried out at hospitals under the remit of Children’s Health Ireland (CHI), which has already been hit by the surgical springs fiasco.
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