A
toddler has been refused a crucial operation which could help him
walk because it is not deemed worthy of funding by NHS bureaucrats.
But
just a few miles from where little Oliver Dockerty, two, could be
given the gift of mobility, an NHS hospital performed a breast
enlargement operation for an aspiring glamour model because it was
considered necessary for health reasons.
The
stark contrast between the way Josie Cunningham and Oliver Dockerty,
who has cerebral palsy, have been treated caused outrage today.
The
NHS was accused of having a 'skewed sense of priorities'.
Claire
Dockerty, the toddler's mother, criticised the NHS for turning him
down for a life-changing operation.
The
surgery to 22-year-old cost taxpayers £4,800.
She
convinced doctors, at St James’s Hospital in Leeds - a few miles
from where specialists could help the two-year-old walk again - to
operate by claiming her flat chest was ‘ruining her life’ and
causing emotional distress.
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