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Niamh Griffin
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The national figures are worrying, but individually some hospitals face far bigger challenges - a real postcode lottery as one oncologist said #cancer

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July 9, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Thanks Darius for sharing that, there seems to be a lot of different interpretations of what the Bill says unfortunately @dariuswh.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 12:05 PM
And this older interview with a solicitor for some children who had 2 hip surgeries done - why did no-one notice so many double hip surgeries were being done when the Audit showed it should be 1 in 3 only? #SpéirGhorm

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Novel hip dysplasia surgery risks not properly explained, say parents
Ciaran Tansey, a partner with Damien Tansey Solicitors LLP, said parents are worried about how long this might take in reality
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June 9, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Problems with diagnosis, no register, no audit - we don't even know how many children have hip dysplasia here every year
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Hip surgery becoming necessary for many children 'due to late diagnosis' amid lack of screening
'Worrying' gaps in care for children with hip dysplasia raised in 2017 and again in 2024 have still not been addressed
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June 9, 2025 at 8:27 AM
It's really helpful to see it laid out like that, so many conflicting arguments at the moment
April 28, 2025 at 12:56 PM
I travelled with @concernworldwide.bsky.social and got to meet midwives, social workers and medics working with refugees as well as the local South Sudanese - all photos in these stories Eugene Ikua, Concern

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South Sudan: 'People in our community are fearful because this cholera outbreak will cost many lives'
The Irish Examiner travelled to South Sudan to meet with some of the 1.1m refugees who have fled across the border from civil war in Sudan. Women, children and men all shared stories of pain but also ...
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April 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM