asked the Minister for Health the number of ophthalmic surgeons who are employed in (a) the Mater Hospital, Dublin 7, (b) the Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital, Adelaide Road, Dublin 2; the number of beds there are for eye patients in these hospitals; the total number of eye operations in these hospitals for each year from 1985 to 1988, inclusive; and the total cost of the eye department in both hospitals in those years.
Written Answers. - Eye Departments in Hospitals.
102.
The information requested by the Deputy is set out below.
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Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital |
Mater Hospital |
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Number of consultant ophthalmic surgeons |
11 |
6 |
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Number of ophthalmic beds |
67 |
23 |
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Total number of eye operations |
1985 — 3,266 |
1,685 |
|
1986 — 3,899 |
1,677 |
|
|
1987 — 3,218 |
643* |
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|
1988 — 2,947 |
1,544 |
* Eye theatre was out of commission for part of this year due to a fire.
It is not possible to identify the costs applicable to the eye departments of these hospitals from the total expenditure of the hospitals.