Surgeon at centre of spinal implants investigation in Temple St Hospital was acting with ‘good intent’, consultants body claims
The surgeries were carried out by a surgeon at Children’s Health Ireland at Temple Street hospital (Niall Carson/PA)
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.
The consultants’ body – of which the surgeon is a member – was commenting after a damning report by the Health Information and Quality Authority found the implants, made of material that could corrode which were used during surgery in Temple St Hospital has no ethical approval and were used without parental consent.
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