THE parents of a 12-year-old West Belfast child in need of urgent spinal surgery say they are angry that her operation has been cancelled – twice. Speaking from their Lagmore Dale home, Lorraine and Paul Cooke told the Andersonstown News that their daughter, Caitlin, who is suffering from the neuro-degenerative condition Rett syndrome, was due to have surgery to correct her curved spine at the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children last Monday.
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Four year old brings dope pipe home from school playgroud
The principal of a North Belfast nursery school has spoken of her shock after a four-year-old pupil found a cannabis pipe in the school yard and brought it home. The girl found the pipe in the grounds of Stanhope Street Nursery School in Carrickhill on Monday
SERIOUSLY ILL BABY is sent TO CRAIGAVON
A YOUNG local mother has hit out after her sick baby was sent to Craigavon for urgent treatment after a seven-hour wait in the RVH’s A&E department.And Mary McNulty says staff at the A&E department of the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children urged her to make an official complaint about a lack of beds at the facility as it was the “only way” that hospital bosses would sit up and take notice of the problem.
Sewage Floods area twice in a few days
DISGUSTED residents of a South Belfast street have been left counting the cost after their properties were flooded with sewage twice in a few days. Residents of Sicily Park off the upper Lisburn Road say they have lost faith with NI Water after sudden heavy showers on Monday saw their homes flooded
Bloody Heroin kit was dumped in park
Parents are being urged to be vigilant after a bloody heroin kit was found next to a playground in the Falls Park. The drug paraphernalia – which included used needles, bloodied swabs and a metal spoon – was found behind the playpark on Tuesday morning by park rangers.
What’s not to like about new hate theme park?
At long last we are realising that there needs to be more for tourists to do here than clamber over funny-shaped rocks
