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Further funding comes on top of recent €40m cashflow memo, as health minister describes relationship between the NPHDB and BAM as very difficult

When he was just six-weeks-old, Finn OShea was diagnosed with underdeveloped kidneys

HSE chief executive Bernard Gloster, Health Minister Stephen Donnelly, and HSE chief clinical officer Dr Colm Henry met with Dr Selvadurai Nayagam yesterday to discuss the parameters of the review

Procedures for children with scoliosis and spina bifida should be managed by an agency outside the HSE, advocacy groups say

The continued uncertainty comes against a backdrop of serious safety concerns around some spinal surgery for children with spina bifida at Temple St.

Taoiseach offers to meet with advocacy groups impacted by spinal surgery controversy

The mother of a nine-year-old girl with spina bifida and scoliosis waited months for updates on her treatment — and only discovered the reason for the hiatus in media reports this week

The Spina Bifida & Hydrocephalus Paediatric Advocacy Group and the Scoliosis Advocacy Network say they may not co-operate with the HSE external review into safety concerns around complex spinal surgery

Asked about suggestions the surgeon at the centre of the controversy was not the only clinician aware of the issue, Mr Donnelly said it was clear that other people knew that non-medical devices were being used

Kira Carberry, now aged 20, was diagnosed with scoliosis in May 2013