A mother tells BBC Spotlight she fears her son could die waiting for life changing surgery
The mother of a four-year-old boy with complex needs said she fears he could die waiting for life-changing surgery.The Department of Health has described current waiting lists as "entirely unacceptable".
Óisín is now waiting to have the nasogastric tube removed and replaced by a different feeding system which goes directly to his stomach.She is concerned that Óisín's cerebral palsy puts him at a greater risk of complications, saying she had been warned there was a danger he could aspirate.The Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, where the specialist surgery is to be carried out, told Spotlight the wait should be no more than two years.
BBC Spotlight also spoke to Taylor Clark, a 30-year-old former coffee-shop manager who has had to give up work due to poor mobility and severe pain."The ligaments and tendons and muscle are all affected by that because they're not being held like a structure - they're sort of swimming around," she told the programme.Taylor said she was referred for an outpatient rheumatology appointment two years ago.
They included the former director of public health, Professor Gabriel Scally, health economist Professor Dame Carol Propper and former chief executive of the Northern Ireland Health and Social Care Board John Compton.Professor Gabriel Scally, Professor Dame Carol Propper and John Compton speaking to BBC Spotlight
The Department of Health told Spotlight that Northern Ireland's hospital waiting times were "entirely unacceptable" and had been "made significantly worse by the pandemic".
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