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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