October is designated as Spina Bifida Awareness Month in order to create awareness about this lifelong condition. If you don’t know what Spina Bifida is, here’s a quick read that answers your ...

Imagine the moment a new mother holds her baby for the first time and senses something that doesn’t feel quite right — perhaps the little one’s feet not moving as expected, or the curve of the spine ...

In 2016, Ms Beatrice Bikoch gave birth to her third child. Ms Bikoch and her husband were happy about the new addition to their family despite the fact that the baby had an abnormal head. They were, ...

UAE doctors save 25-week-old foetus with spina bifida in90-minute surgery Abu Dhabi: A complex fetoscopic surgery to repair spina bifida was successfully conducted at SEHA Sheikh Khalifa Medical City ...

ABU DHABI, 20th October, 2025 (WAM) -- Sheikh Khalifa Medical City (SKMC), operated by SEHA, a subsidiary of PureHealth, successfully performed a complex fetoscopic surgery to repair spina bifida as ...

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Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said the Government will ensure that a promised inquiry into the care of spina bifida and scoliosis patients at Children's Health Ireland (CHI) is "effective" as well as ...

The parents of Harvey Morrison have said there will be an inquiry into the care of spina bifida and scoliosis patients at Children's Health Ireland. Stephen Morrison and Gillian Sherratt met with ...

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Gillian Sherratt, the mother of nine-year-old Harvey Morrison, who died in July after waiting years for spinal surgery, has said any inquiry into her son’s case should be “wide enough” to “uncover ...

The Government is to launch an inquiry into spina bifida and scoliosis care at Children’s Health Ireland (CHI). Tánaiste Simon Harris and health minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill made the commitment ...

"There’s nothing more important to me than feeling confident that your child is going to be safe and secure when he’s out on his own," said Chase Harris Chase Harris/TikTok A dad posted a touching ...