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Urgent MRI secured for Eight-Year-Old Penelope ‘Nell’ Pearl

Carole Horgan of Best of Buds in Winthrop Arcade spoke about eight-year-old Penelope “Nell” Pearl Healy Nolan, a Cork girl living with a rare genetic condition and worsening scoliosis, who had been waiting since May 2024 for an MRI under general anaesthetic.

Within hours of the broadcast, the system moved, Nell was given an urgent MRI date at Cork University Hospital, ending more than a year of painful waiting.

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