Image: Shutterstock/Andrei_R Image: Shutterstock/Andrei_R PATIENTS WAITING MORE than six months for some high volume procedures, including cataracts, joint replacements, tonsils and angiograms will be offered treatment this year, the Department of Health has said.
In 2019, the HSE will deliver 1.155 million elective hospital procedures and over one million new outpatient appointments, according to the Department of Health. The Department said that all clinically suitable patients waiting more than six months will be offered treatment in 2019.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
Waiting two years for tonsils and adenoids out, was sent by HSE to daisy hill Newry yesterday, job done? There’s a paediatric unit in local hospital 10mins away but had to travel 2 hours to another country to get them done? veryconfusing
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