Over 7,000 Hospital Procedures Were Cancelled In The First 9 Months Of 2018 Because Of Overcrowding
25 in-patient operations a day were put on hold between January and September
They included cataract surgery as well as knee and hip procedures.
The HSE says the cancellations were due to "capacity issues" including a lack of bed space.
Galway University Hospital had to cancel 948 appointments - followed by Mercy University Hospital in Cork with 485 and 432 at Midlands Regional Hospital in Tullamore.
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