Dr Okafor was speaking on RTÉ radio’s News at One following the publication of further reviews by Children’s Health Ireland into spinal surgery cases at Temple Street hospital.

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Both the Boston review and the internal CHI review were consolidated into a report on Temple Street published by the HSE on Monday, which revealed high complication rates following spinal surgeries performed by the consultant.