Patients waiting more than six months for some procedures to be treated this year via IrishTimes
The procedures are: cataract removal; joint replacements; varicose veins; tonsillectomies; cystoscopies; angiograms; lesions; laparoscopic cholecystectomies; septoplasties; and dental/maxillofacial surgery.
The number of patients waiting more than three months for a procedure has grown by 4,000 since the start of the year, but the plan envisages this total figure dropping by 13,000 by the end of 2019.
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