Joe Carey
Question:719. Deputy Joe Carey asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list in the Mater hospital awaiting cardiothoracic surgery with a clinical priority of urgent; the average expected waiting time for persons on such a waiting list with a clinical priority of urgent; the reason for the delay in carrying out these essential lifesaving procedures, particularly when individual patients have been identified as urgent; if persons who have been given a clinical priority as urgent, can be considered as candidates for the National Treatment Purchase Fund, such as a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13360/16]
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