Harvey Morrison Sherratt (9), died in July this year following a long battle with scoliosis and other health issues. Photograph: Morrison/ Sherratt family
The mother of Harvey Morrison Sherratt, the nine-year-old boy who died after waiting a number of years for spinal surgery, has described a report alleging he was mistakenly removed from the waiting list because it was believed he was in palliative care, as a “huge shock”.
The report has been described as “devastating” by Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald, who called for a “full public inquiry” into the case.
The Sunday Times is reporting a protected disclosure was submitted to Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill in August, from a whistleblower who discovered Harvey had been taken off the list because Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) believed he was terminally ill.
CHI later realised this was incorrect after a report from a consultant at Great Ormond Street Hospital (Gosh) in London stated Harvey was suitable for
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