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Children as young as 13 treated for 'ketamine bladder' at first UK paediatric clinic

Alder Hey children's hospital in Liverpool has opened the UK's first ketamine clinic for young people after a surge in severe urology problems linked to sustained use of the drug, with patients as young as 13 and most of them girls from deprived areas.

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Alder Hey children's hospital in Liverpool has opened the UK's first ketamine clinic for young people after a surge in severe urology problems linked to sustained use of the drug, with patients as young as 13 and most of them girls from deprived areas.