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Fri 10 Oct 2008Wrong kidney removed despite concern of parents
SURGERY WHICH resulted in a child having the wrong kidney removed at Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin, Dublin, proceeded despite concerns being raised by the child's parents about the side of the body on which the operation was being performed, an independent investigation has found, writes Eithne Donnellan, Health Correspondent.
It also found a whole series of factors resulted in the child having a healthy kidney removed last spring, to be left with a poorly functioning one.
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