Cerebral palsy procedure: Girl, 4, denied operation to help her walk due to postcode lottery to have surgery after …

Evie suffers from cerebral palsy and can only shuffle using a walking frame She will undergo a procedure to 'free' her legs thanks to contributions from well-wishers after her story was featured on MailOnline in January

By Daily Mail Reporter

PUBLISHED: 05:30 EST, 28 August 2012 | UPDATED: 15:44 EST, 28 August 2012

A four-year-old girl denied an operation that could help her walk because of an NHS postcode lottery will now have the procedure - after well-wishers raised 30,000.

Evie Tucker suffers from cerebral palsy - causing painful spasms in her legs - and can only shuffle a few steps at a time in her walking frame.

She will be unable to walk without a 30,000 operation, equipment and physio which is only performed at one hospital in Britain - which happens to be just 12 miles away from her home.

Evie Tucker, 4, suffers from cerebral palsy and can only shuffle a few steps at a time in her walking frame. She will be unable to walk without an operation costing 30,000 - the amount well-wishers have raised

But her local NHS Trust ruled that Evie's case was not strong enough to justify the cost.

Her determined family ploughed straight into fundraising for the four-hour operation themselves in a bid to help Evie walk before she reaches school in September.

Her story was featured on MailOnline in January and the money was raised in just seven months.

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