Mary Coughlan
Question:150 Miss Coughlan asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on the waiting list for orthopaedic procedures in December 1995, in each hospital. [19221/95]
Written Answers. - Orthopaedic Waiting Lists.
Limerick East): The number of patients on the in-patient orthopaedic waiting list at 31 December 1995 is as follows:—
|
Eastern Health Board |
|
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Adelaide Hospital |
428 |
|
Beaumont Hospital |
167 |
|
Cappagh Hospital |
1,151 |
|
James Connolly Memorial Hospital |
1 |
|
Meath Hospital |
266 |
|
St. James's Hospital |
128 |
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St. Michael's Hospital, Dún Laoghaire |
20 |
|
St. Vincent's Hospital |
92 |
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Midland Health Board |
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Tullamore General Hospital |
710 |
|
Mid-Western Health Board |
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Croom Orthopaedic Hospital |
763 |
|
North Eastern Health Board |
|
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Our Lady's Hospital, Navan |
197 |
|
Our Lady of Lourdes, Drogheda |
33 |
|
North Western Health Board |
|
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Letterkenny General Hospital |
63 |
|
Sligo General Hospital |
209 |
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South Eastern Health Board |
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Lourdes Hospital, Kilcreene |
535 |
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Southern Health Board |
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St. Mary's Hospital, Gurranebraher |
940 |
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Western Health Board |
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Merlin Park Regional Hospital |
884 |
|
Total |
6,587 |
Orthopaedic surgery is one of the specialities where additional resources have been provided under the Waiting List Initiative to reduce waiting lists and improve waiting times. The Government has made an additional £7 million available in 1996 to allow work in reducing excessive waiting times to continue and orthopaedic surgery will continue to be a priority area in the allocation of waiting list funding.