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University Hospital Kerry ''They're snowed under the last three months''

Surgeons from University Hospital Kerry have written to GPs saying the hospital has one of the lo...

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17.04 29 Sep 2021


University Hospital Kerry ''They're snowed under the last three months''


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17.04 29 Sep 2021


Surgeons from University Hospital Kerry have written to GPs saying the hospital has one of the longest waiting lists for surgery in the country.

It states there are 2,200 patients waiting to be seen in the surgical out-patients department, and that non-urgent surgical referrals will no longer be accepted.

Kerry GP Gary Stack and Labour Councillor Terry O’Brien  in the Tralee Munical area, joined Kieran to discuss....

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