THE TRUTH ABOUT: Alder hey - Caught on Camera

Surgeons use new technique to save life of little boy with rare condition

Conor O’Rourke, who is now three, was part of a rare subgroup of patients which made his condition essentially untreatable.

The Independent UK · Aug 7, 2025

All children treated at Alder Hey Hospital after Southport stabbings discharged

The ten victims who were seriously injured last week had been taken to hospitals across Merseyside

The Independent UK · Aug 6, 2024

Southport stabbings: police confirm two children killed in knife attack

Merseyside chief constable says nine other children were injured, including six left in a critical condition

The Guardian - UK · Jul 29, 2024

Schoolboy, 9, who was diagnosed with a water infection finds out he was born with three kidneys

Alfie underwent an operation just days after Christmas last year

Wales Online · Apr 19, 2023

Schoolboy, 9, diagnosed with very rare condition after complaining of tummy ache

Alfie Hooton, nine, from Liverpool, started feeling unwell in early December 2022, and was diagnosed with a water infection but the cause was stranger than his parents, Michelle and Mike, could ever have believed

Daily Mirror · Apr 19, 2023

Boy, 9, diagnosed with unusual condition after complaining of tummy ache

"It all happened really fast."

Manchester Evening News · Apr 19, 2023

Sick schoolboy found he had grown an extra organ

Alfie Hooton started to feel unwell last year and was quickly taken into hospital for surgery

Liverpool Echo · Apr 19, 2023

Baby had 100 seizures a day before surgeons had to remove part of his brain

Mum Kate Rodgers was home alone when her son, who was born in July 2018, had a seizure that did not stop. After calling an ambulance, Ronnie needed rescue medication and was diagnosed with epilepsy

Daily Mirror · Apr 6, 2023

Baby boy needed part of brain removing after suffering 100 seizures a day

Kate is urging other parents to know the signs

Liverpool Echo · Apr 5, 2023

Mum knew something was wrong when nurse left the room

Adam's mum knew something wasn't right when the nurse left the room for a second opinion on his MRI scan

Liverpool Echo · Apr 5, 2023