Bernard Allen
Question:67 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason only nine heart transplants took place in the Mater Hospital in 1999, almost half the number in 1998. [6491/00]
Vol. 515 No. 5
67 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children the reason only nine heart transplants took place in the Mater Hospital in 1999, almost half the number in 1998. [6491/00]
Heart transplant operations are performed at the national cardiac surgical unit, Mater Hospital, Dublin. I have had enquiries made of the hospital authorities who have informed me that the number of heart transplants performed annually varies but that the average number per year would be 11. The hospital has also confirmed that the number of heart transplant operations dropped from 17 in 1998 to nine in 1999.