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CHRISTMAS has come early for the family of three-year-old Ollie Baker, whose life-changing operation will now be funded by the NHS.
Friends and relatives have been fundraising for Ollie, who has spastic diplegia, to have surgery privately, but the NHS will now fund more than 100 operations each year.
Spastic diplegia is a form of cerebral palsy, which means Ollie’s leg muscles are always tight and he needs a walker.
Ollie is due the surgery to improve his walk on December 5.
http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/11585393.Three_year_old_Ollie_can_now_have_walking_op_on_NHS/
Friends and relatives have been fundraising for Ollie, who has spastic diplegia, to have surgery privately, but the NHS will now fund more than 100 operations each year.
Spastic diplegia is a form of cerebral palsy, which means Ollie’s leg muscles are always tight and he needs a walker.
Ollie is due the surgery to improve his walk on December 5.
http://www.gazetteandherald.co.uk/news/11585393.Three_year_old_Ollie_can_now_have_walking_op_on_NHS/