14 THOUSAND GALWAY PATIENTS GO THROUGH TREATMENT PURCHASE FUND

Date Published: 02-Oct-2008

Almost 14 thousand of Galway's longest waiting public patients have now been treated as part of the National Treatment Purchase Fund.The Fund was established in 2002 to try and reduce waiting times for operations and procedures for public patients.The treatment is free of charge and procedures are carried out in private hospitals.In Galway, waiting lists have been reduced by 13 thousand 800 people since the Fund was set up.