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- Alder Hey Children’s Hospital opened the first ketamine-induced uropathy clinic in May 2025.
- The clinic’s first-year cohort comprised 60 patients with an average age of 14, ranging 13-15.
- About two-thirds of patients were girls from the most deprived areas.
- Seventy-two percent reported childhood emotional trauma.
- Consultant paediatric urologist Harriet Corbett warned bladder damage can be irreversible and may require surgery.