Vol. 451 No. 8
83 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) in County Mayo is on a waiting list for a hip operation in Merlin Park Hospital for the past nine years; when this person will be called for the operation in view of the fact that she is in severe pain. [7347/95]
Limerick East): The Western Health Board has indicated that the patient concerned was assessed at the out-patient department in Mayo General Hospital on 19 September 1994 and was subsequently placed on the in-patient waiting list. The board expects to be in a position to call this patient for surgery within the next three months.
The Deputy will appreciate that the scheduling of admission to hospital is a matter for the consultant concerned and each case is assessed to determine medical priority. Should the patient feel concerned that her condition has deteriorated, she should return to her general practitioner who is in the best position to emphasise the urgency of her case directly to the consultant.
