Surgeon at centre of spinal implants investigation in Temple St Hospital was acting with ‘good intent’, consultants body claims

Surgeon at centre of Temple Street spinal surgeries probe was 'acting with good intent', IHCA says

The consultant body said the surgeries should have been “entirely preventable had proper policies and procedures been adhered to at the hospital”.

Surgeon at centre of spinal implants investigation in Temple St Hospital was acting with ‘good intent’, consultants body claims

The surgeon who fitted three children with experimental implants during spinal surgery was acting “with good intent and in the absence of effective structures”, the Irish Hospital Consultants Association (IHCA) said today.

CHI won’t say if surgery scandal referred to Tusla

Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) won’t confirm if its doctors complied with a legal obligation to refer the spinal and hip surgery scandals to Tusla.CHI doctors were legally obliged to refer both issues to the child protection agency Tusla under the Children First Act 2015, because the unlicensed spring implants and unnecessary surgeries harmed child patients.CHI declined to comment when asked if and when its surgeons or clinical director had ref…