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Story summary
- Alder Hey Children's Hospital in Liverpool opened the UK's first ketamine clinic for young people after rising urology issues linked to ketamine addiction.
- Patients aged 14 to 15 suffer severe bladder problems causing incontinence and night-time buckets.
- Harriet Corbett, a consultant at Alder Hey Children's Hospital, warns that ketamine use can damage the bladder and kidneys.
- The clinic opened after an increase in cases from 2023 to 2025.
