GALWAY'S INPATIENT ORTHOPAEDICS LIST TO BE CLEARED BY SEPTEMBER
Date Published: 19-Jul-2012
The in-patient orthopaedic waiting list at Galway University Hospitals is to be reduced to zero by the end of September.
However work is ongoing to reduce the large numbers waiting for out-patient treatment at the department.
Figures provided at last month's [June] HSE West Regional Forum meeting showed that 7 thousand 915 people are waiting outpatient treatment.
In-patient figures across all GUH departments have reduced from over 9 thousand 900 in January to 2 thousand 900.
Tony Canavan, Chief Operating Officer of the Galway/Roscommon Hospital Group says the progress being made in inpatient ortopaedics must now also be seen in the outpatient list