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Calls for much higher level of access to weight loss surgeries in Ireland

Obesity surgery in the public health system in Ireland has been chronically under-resourced for d...

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08.15 4 Apr 2022


Calls for much higher level of access to weight loss surgeries in Ireland


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Obesity surgery in the public health system in Ireland has been chronically under-resourced for decades, that’s the view of Helen Heneghan Professor of Surgery at St Vincent’s Hospital and a Consultant Bariatric Surgeon and Helen spoke to Shane on the show this morning.

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