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Thu 04 Apr 2009Rabbitte criticises HSE over scoliosis cases
LABOUR’S PAT Rabbitte criticised the Health Service Executive (HSE) for failing to give a satisfactory reply about the plight of two teenage girls suffering from scoliosis.
Mr Rabbitte said that the two girls, aged 15 years and 17 years respectively, were secondary school students in his Dublin South West constituency. The condition, in its severest form, caused curvature of the spine and visible deformity.
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