1 In 4 On Hospital Wait List
Irish Daily Mirror|June 07, 2022
'Crisis' linked to staff shortages
Ferghal Blaney
1 In 4 On Hospital Wait List

ONE in four people in the country are now on hospital waiting lists.

The figure reveals the health service is now in a "real state of crisis" according to Sinn Fein health spokesman, David Cullinane, who obtained new data from the HSE.

Health officials confirmed to him there are 1,325,180 people waiting for some form of operation or procedure or to see a consultant - the biggest backlog in the history of the State.

The huge build-up has come after two years of the country battling Covid, which left the health service dangerously close to bursting at the seams.

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