There’s a scoliosis conference in Dublin next week and families are invited

Eurospine, the annual meeting of spinal experts, is arriving in Dublin next week.

The conference is set to run from 11-13 October with a session for the public taking place on Tuesday 10 October, between 2pm and 6pm at the Convention Centre in Dublin. It is also free and no registration is needed. Mr Frank Dowling, consultant orthopaedic surgeon in the Blackrock Clinic will be speaking at the event along with a number of other colleagues, and according to RTÉ, he has said it’s a unique event which he hopes people will join and participate in. Scoliosis is defined as a curvature of the spine of more than 10 degrees to the right or left and according to the HSE, it affects around 1 percent of children in Ireland. Earlier this week news of families feeling pressured to go abroad for necessary surgeries was brought to light as long waiting lists with few available surgery dates in Ireland is still a significant problem. In July, the HSE introduced their Waiting List Action Plan in the hopes of ensuring no patient waits more than 4 months for surgery by the end of 2017. For more information about Eurospine and the event, click here.