'We left shocked that our baby would need surgery on both hips - I felt pressure being put on me to agree'
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'We left shocked that our baby would need surgery on both hips - I felt pressure being put on me to agree'
"Louise Taaffe expressed that she felt pressured into agreeing to her daughter Amelia’s surgery, voicing concerns that it may have been unnecessary from the outset."
"The family has been 'left in the dark' concerning the true necessity of their daughter’s hip surgery, generating lingering fears and uncertainty about the entire process."
Louise Taaffe, a mother from Dublin, has voiced her distress regarding her daughter Amelia's hip surgery at Temple Street Children's Hospital over six years ago. Taaffe expressed that she felt an initial pressure to agree to the operation, all the while harboring doubts about its necessity. Now, years later, her family continues to grapple with concerns that the surgery may have been unnecessary, creating a sense of being ‘left in the dark’ and a lasting fear surrounding their daughter's health and recovery.
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