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Sick children join the fight against cutbacks at Crumlin Hospital.

Publication: The Daily Mail (London, England)
Publication Date: 28-SEP-09
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Sick children join the fight against cutbacks at Crumlin Hospital.(News)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Petrina Vousden Health Editor

CAMPAIGN TEENAGER Lauren Downes has been on a waiting list for heart surgery at Crumlin hospital for ten months.

The 13-year-old and her mother Catherine joined a rally outside the national children's hospital on Saturday, protesting against cutbacks which have seen numbers on the waiting list for surgery soar.

Lauren was put on a list for cardiac surgery at the hospital in January. She needs a valve inserted in her heart to normalise the blood flow around her body.

Catherine said: 'Lauren needs this operation. I have contacted the hospital every month since she was put on the waiting list but have heard nothing. There's just a backlog....

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