A senior surgeon has defended the consultant at the centre of the spinal surgery crisis at Temple Street Children’s Hospital, saying he was performing a “huge volume” of highly complex procedures with inadequate resources.

Source: https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/consultant-at-centre-of-temple-street-spinal-surgery-crisis-was-being-overworked-says-colleague/a1809030330.html

He said the Oireachtas Health Committee would ask questions in an effort to find out what happened at Temple Street Hospital and CHI.

Source: https://carlow-nationalist.ie/2023/09/28/children-languishing-on-spinal-surgery-waiting-lists-is-wrong-and-unfair-says-td/

The child has been brought to Temple Street Hospital in Dublin for treatment following the crash in Tipperary Town yesterday.

Source: https://www.thejournal.ie/tipperary-crash-6-6029550-Mar2023/

They also claim that there are “over 50 children waiting for congenital limb reconstruction, bone dysplasia reconstruction and osteogenesis imperfecta” at Temple Street Children’s Hospital.

Source: https://www.limerickpost.ie/2023/11/19/parents-group-calls-for-paediatric-doctor-at-centre-of-spinal-surgical-crisis-to-be-reinstated/