Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 28 September 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health
Spinal Surgery Issues at Children's University Hospital Temple Street: Children's Health Ireland
Dr. Allan Goldman:
I am an intensive care doctor by background. The ICU capacity had become a limiting factor because these children were sick and were returning. However, the issue leading to the review was the concern about complications, including the number of returns to theatre, the removal of metalwork and the infection rate. That is where the concerns were coming from the team and that is what prompted us to do the investigation. Everybody embraced that we would go outside and we went to the best hospital in the world so that we could learn. If the Deputy does not mind, could I have a few minutes on that?
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