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US surgeons could save this little girl's leg... so why did the NHS only offer amputation?
UK Daily Mail ^ | 05/05/2018 | Anthea Gerrie and Sophie Goodchild

Posted on 05/06/2018 7:10:42 AM PDT by DFG

A schoolgirl with one leg shorter than the other has been told by the NHS her only option is amputation.

However, a leading US surgeon claims UK doctors have the training – but not the confidence – to save her limb by lengthening it, and that the NHS lacks the highly specialist rehabilitation services she needs after surgery.

Dr Dror Paley has told the parents of seven-year-old Kyra Warrell, who was born with a rare condition affecting her thigh bone, that her treatment is straightforward.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: nhs; paley; warrell
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To: DFG

this is England, declare her life is not worth saving, lock her in a hospital and kill her. don’t forget to harvest her organs. they could be used for someone else. refuse to let her be treated outside of the U.K.


41 posted on 05/06/2018 4:16:59 PM PDT by 20yearvet (they yell for more tests as long as its your money)
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